片膝を突く

片膝をつく

Reading

Kana: かたひざをつく

Romaji: katahizawotsuku

Definition

exp

v5k

1

to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

See also: 突く (reading つく, entry #3)

Kanji

片

Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた

Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

膝

Readings: シツ、 ひざ

Meanings: knee, lap

突

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden