膝盖
Old HSK 6
膝盖 (xīgài) · knee
膝盖 (xīgài) means “knee”. It is written with 2 characters: 膝 (knee) + 盖 (lid). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 膝盖 is built
The characters
膝 xī · knee
What 膝 is made of
- ⺼ — meat
- 桼qī — the varnish tree
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 人rén — person
- 氺shui — structural part
- 亅 — hook
- 木mù — tree
盖 gài · lid
What 盖 is made of
- 羊yáng — sheep
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 皿mǐn — dish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A dish 皿 with a lid 羊 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他摔倒了，膝盖破了。Tā shuāidǎo le, xīgài pò le.He fell over and scraped his knee.
跑步太多会伤膝盖。Pǎobù tài duō huì shāng xīgài.Running too much can hurt your knees.
Questions about 膝盖
What does 膝盖 mean?
膝盖 (xīgài) means “knee”.
How do you pronounce 膝盖?
膝盖 is pronounced xīgài.
Which HSK level is 膝盖?
膝盖 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
Learn 膝盖 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 193: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.