膝 – knee, lap

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The kanji 膝 means knee, lap. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シツ (shitsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひざ (hiza). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シツ	shitsu
Kun’yomi	ひざ	hiza

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・水・木・个.

Words using 膝

膝ひざknee

Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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