膝 = 月 + 桼

膝 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “knee”. It is built from 月 (moon) and 桼 (the varnish tree).

Keyword: knee
Pinyin (Mandarin): xī
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: колено
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 膝 knee

Decomposition

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月 moon
桼 the varnish tree

How to find 膝 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “moon” + “the varnish tree”. 膝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 膝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.