Chinese symbol for “kneel”
跪
guì
to kneel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kneel is 跪 (guì), defined as: to kneel.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “kneel”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 跪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跪下 | guì xia | to kneel down |
| 下跪 | xià guì | to kneel; to go down on one's knees |
| 跪拜 | guì bài | to kowtow; to kneel and worship |
| 跪倒 | guì dǎo | to kneel down; to sink to one's knees |
| 跪坐 | guì zuò | to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels |
| 三跪九叩 | sān guì jiǔ kòu | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kneel”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.