Memory phrase for the Kanji: 膝

膝

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hiza

Learn this together with "lacquer/varnish" 漆 (うるし) = "From the water/sap 氵of this tree 木 the person 人 makes drops 水 of: lacquer 漆"

(In former times they had wooden lacquered knee-protectors) The body part 月/肉 with the lacquer are the: knee.

肉	body part, meat	The radical niku* is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but has the meaning 'body part'.*
木	tree
水	water	The radical mizu* stands for water. It is commonly used in its short form 氵.*

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膝

ひざ

knee, lap

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