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  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' ending

    to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

    彼は片膝をついて身をかがめた。
    He ducked down on one knee.

Also written 片膝を突く【かたひざをつく】

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Characters in this word

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片
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

Kun
かた-かた
On
ヘン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1076 of 2500
Radical
片 slice
WaniKani
Level 39

Built from

片
Words starting with 片Words ending in 片Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
4-4-4, 3-3-1SKIP code
2j2.5The Kanji Dictionary
2202.7Four corner code
1254deroo
7247Unicode hex code
1-42-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2842Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3525New Nelson (John Haig)
3461New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4272Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2158Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2910Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1212Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1297Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
905A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
82Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
937Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19813Morohashi
969A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1045Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1088Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
980henshall3
833Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1143Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1287Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1220Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pian4, pian1Pinyin reading
pyeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
39WaniKani level
膝
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

knee, lap

Kun
ひざ
On
シツ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2320 of 2500
Radical
肉 meat

Built from

月水木个
Words starting with 膝Words ending in 膝Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
1-4-11SKIP code
4b11.4The Kanji Dictionary
7423.2Four corner code
3942deroo
819dUnicode hex code
1-41-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3814Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4868New Nelson (John Haig)
1359Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
985Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2461Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1002Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2281Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
29837Morohashi
1917Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
xi1Pinyin reading
seulKorean reading