Unicode: U+819D

Pinyin: xī

Definition

* 大腿和小腿相连的关节的前部。 ~盖骨(亦称"髌骨")。护~。屈~。~眼。~下(子女幼时依偎于父母的膝下,因以"膝下"表示幼年。后用作对父母的敬辞)。奴颜卑~

knee

Structure

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Precursors

Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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