髌

See also: 臏 and 髕

髌 U+9ACC, 髌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ACC ← 髋 [U+9ACB] CJK Unified Ideographs 髍 → [U+9ACD]

Translingual

Han character

髌 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月月十人金 (BBJOC), composition ⿰骨宾)

1. kneecap

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1450, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4416, character 19
• Unihan data for U+9ACC

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 髌 – see 髕 (“kneecap; patella; cutting off kneecaps as a form of punishment”). (This character is the simplified form of 髕).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.