KNEE    膝膝

BIG JOINT in the MIDDLE of the LEG.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for the knee as a whole is xī 膝. 2. Bìn 臏 is the technical term for a knee-cap which is not so infrequently mentioned because it was sometimes removed by way of punishment.
Hypernym
  • JOINT　BODY PART IN which BONES MEET AND CAN CHANGE POSITION IN-RELATION-TO MUTUAL:each other. (anc: 3/0, child: 3)
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
Other Hypernyms
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • JOINTnew-90732d20-51f3-4041-b32d-2051f3604100　BODY PART IN which BONES MEET AND CAN CHANGE POSITION IN-RELATION-TO MUTUAL:each other. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • N/A　 (anc: 3/0, child: 85)
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 4.36

  • A Russian-English Collocational Dictionary of the Human Body ( IORDANSKAJA 1996) p. 160

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (4 items)

    膝  xī OC: siɡ MC: sit 13 Attributions

    The current word for the knee as a whole is xī 膝.

      Syntactic words
    • nknee
    • nadVinstrumenton one's knees
    臏  bìn OC: binʔ MC: bin 2 Attributions

    Bìn 臏 is the technical term for a knee-cap which is not so infrequently mentioned because it was sometimes removed by way of punishment.

      Syntactic words
    • nknee-cap
    膕  guó OC: kʷrɯɯɡ MC: kɣɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nhollow of the knee (XUN)
    髕  bìn OC: binʔ MC: bin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nknee-cap