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13 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

kneel

Kun'yomi
  • ひざまずく
    		to kneel (in respect)
On'yomi
  • キ

Main Radical

足(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ひざまずく 96.8%
キ 3.2%

Character Breakdown

kneel
ひざまず.く　キ (Kentei 1)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし　た.りる　ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
dangerous, fear, uneasy
キ　あや.うい　あぶ.ない (6th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
unlucky, misfortune, bad luck
ヤク (9th, N1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ　わりふ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

き
跪
ざ
座
kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels
ひざまず
跪
　
け
kneeling
ちょう
長
き
跪
way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright
はい
拝
き
跪
kneeling down (to pray)
き
跪
はい
拝
kneeling and worshiping
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References

Unicode hex code 8DEA
JIS X 0208 1-76-78
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4559
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5874
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2745
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2773
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 37516
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7d6.8
Four corner code 6711.2