Memory phrase for the character: 膝

膝

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Meaning

knee

Pronunciation
hiza

Explanation

 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"

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

Radicals

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

膝 ひざ  knee, lap

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