A compressive circular knit for pulling over an articulated extremity, consisting of a knitting thread and an elastic thread, which form the loops, and an inlaid elastic weft thread, comprising two first knitted fabric portions which are spaced apart from each other in the knitted fabric longitudinal direction and which are knitted with floating and there is provided a knitted fabric region consisting of further different knitted fabric portions adjoining each other in the circumferential direction, wherein the knitted fabric region consists of: a second knitted fabric portion (4) knitted with floating, wherein the float count is greater than that of a first knitted fabric portion (2), two third knitted fabric portions (5) adjoining the second knitted fabric portion (4) in the circumferential direction which are each knitted with floating, wherein the floats of any one course are knitted offset relative to the next course, and also a fourth knitted fabric portion (7) provided in the circumferential direction between the two third knitted fabric portions (5) and knitted plain.
