guì
kneel
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 危 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 跪
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to kneel | ||
to kneel down | ||
to kneel | ||
to kneel down | ||
to kowtow |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g](r)ojʔ | gjweX | guì | kneel; foot |
Statistics
HSK level 6
Appears in 8.0891% of movies
2086th most common character in movies
2128th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+8DEA |
Shuowen | “跪，拜也。从足，危聲。” |
Sources
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