What 跽 means
It means formal, upright kneeling.
The recognizable sense is long kneeling: hips raised, back straight, attention fixed on the other person. The earliest evidence located here is a transmitted Warring States passage, while the early dictionary definition glosses it as long kneeling.
跪 is the broader kneeling word; 跽 names the raised, respectful version. A Ming example extends 跽 toward a half-kneel. As of 2026, the evidence here is Chinese; it does not establish a separate Japanese or Korean sense.
Classical; use it in historical or literary prose.
Do not use it as a blanket synonym for 跪.
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It can. Unicode identifies the character, while regional CJK fonts supply the glyph.
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- jì · ji · 跽 · 长跪 · 跽坐 · 跽拜 · 跪 · kneel
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