Question

膝 ひざ 膝(ひざ): knee; lap S 肉: meat木: tree; wood水: water 肉 6 (none) knee Back in ancient Japan, people didn´t have knee pads for things like rollerblading and such (what, come on. Ninjas on rollerblades. Ultimate 90s flashback). Instead, they would simply dip their knees in laquer, and wait until it dried (hence the flesh, and the abscence of any drops of water). Unfortunately, this meant that you would have to wait about 30 minutes after deciding to go rollerblade until you could actually do it (took some time to dry) - and removing it was a serious pain.

Accepted Answer

シツ knee, lap 0 2320 15 130 にく・にくづき 形声 Phonetic Before lacquer (#932) was made with water, it was made by draining this body part of fluid: the knee!

Kanji	膝
Onyomi	シツ
Kunyomi	ひざ
English	knee, lap
Examples	膝(ひざ): knee; lap
JLPT Level	0
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	2320
Components	肉: meat 木: tree; wood 水: water
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	肉
Radical Number	130
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	にく・にくづき
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	knee
Koohii Story 1	Before lacquer (#932) was made with water, it was made by draining this body part of fluid: the knee!
Koohii Story 2	Back in ancient Japan, people didn´t have knee pads for things like rollerblading and such (what, come on. Ninjas on rollerblades. Ultimate 90s flashback). Instead, they would simply dip their knees in laquer, and wait until it dried (hence the flesh, and the abscence of any drops of water). Unfortunately, this meant that you would have to wait about 30 minutes after deciding to go rollerblade until you could actually do it (took some time to dry) - and removing it was a serious pain.

Lap Knee Made Wait 膝 シツ ひざ 膝(ひざ

Lap Knee Made Wait 膝シツひざ膝(ひざ