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膑

臏
bìn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the kneecap; the patella
  2. 2 to remove the kneecaps (an ancient form of mutilating punishment)

Examples

HSK 7-9
他举鼎用力过猛，折断了膑骨。
Tā jǔ dǐng yònglì guòměng, zhéduàn le bìngǔ.
He strained so hard lifting the cauldron that he shattered his kneecap.
HSK 7-9
兵法家孙膑被处以膑刑，因此得名。
Bīngfǎjiā Sūn Bìn bèi chǔ yǐ bìn xíng, yīncǐ démíng.
The strategist Sun Bin had his kneecaps cut off, and so was called 'Bin'.

Tips

history
Two linked senses: the kneecap 膑骨, and the brutal ancient penalty of cutting it out. The strategist 孙膑, author of an art-of-war classic, was named for having suffered exactly this punishment.

Components

radical
⺼ ròu
flesh; meat (body radical)
The flesh radical ⺼ (body-form, not the moon). It marks the word as a body part - here the kneecap and the bone beneath it.
phonetic
宾 bīn
guest
Supplies the sound: standalone 宾 reads bīn, close to the bìn of this character. It is purely phonetic, carrying no meaning to the kneecap.

Stroke Order

膑 bìn