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筋

JLPT N1 SL6 12 strokes Frequency: #744

Meanings

Muscle, Sinew, Tendon, Fiber, Plot, Plan, Descent

Radicals

⺮

Decomposition

⿱⺮肋

Etymology

Ideographic: Bamboo-like ⺮ tendons in the chest 肋

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal right-to-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

8 hook bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

12 diagonal right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キン kin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

すじ suji

Words Using This Kanji

242 words total

Other (20 words)

家筋いえすじ

lineage

括約筋かつやくきん

sphincter (muscle)

筋交いすじかい

diagonal

筋違いすじちがい

cramp

筋肉きんにく

muscle

muscle

筋道すじみち

reason

筋骨きんこつ

muscles and bones

筋目すじめ

fold

筋書きすじがき

synopsis

筋力きんりょく

physical strength

筋肉痛きんにくつう

muscular pain

血筋ちすじ

lineage

三角筋さんかくきん

deltoid (muscle)

試筋ためすじ

patron

主筋しゅうすじ

people close to the head man

首筋くびすじ

nape of the neck

商売筋しょうばいすじ

business connections

消息筋しょうそくすじ

informed circles

横筋よこすじ

transversal

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