跪
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to kneel
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Dict coverage rank #2,704 U+8DEA
How 跪 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 危 (phonetic, wēi)
How to remember it
kneel · Heisig RSH #2458
wooden leg + 危 danger
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 危
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 危 (wēi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 危 sound component | wēi | dangerous, precarious; high |
| 诡 | guǐ | to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous |
| 桅 | wéi | a ship's mast |
Words containing 跪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跪地求饶 | guì dì qiú ráo | to kneel and beg forgiveness |
| 长跪 | cháng guì | to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels) |
| 下跪 | xià guì | to kneel; to go down on one's knees |
| 跪下 | guì xia | to kneel down |
| 跪倒 | guì dǎo | to kneel down; to sink to one's knees; to grovel |
| 三跪九叩 | sān guì jiǔ kòu | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) |
| 跪乳 | guì rǔ | (literary) (of a lamb) to kneel to suckle at the breast (used as a metaphor for filial pie… |
| 跪坐 | guì zuò | to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels |
| 滑跪 | huá guì | (of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal; (slang) to drop to one's knees in… |
| 跪伏 | guì fú | to crouch (of animal) |
| 跪拜 | guì bài | to kowtow; to kneel and worship |
| 罚跪 | fá guì | to punish by protracted kneeling |
| 跪祷 | guì dǎo | to kneel in prayer |
| 跪叩 | guì kòu | to kowtow |
| 跪毯 | guì tǎn | a prayer mat; a carpet for kneeling |