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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)

筋を違えるすじをちがえる

to pull a muscle

怒筋どすじ

anger veins (stylised X mark typically shown on forehead)

筋の通らないすじのとおらない

illogical

筋を通すすじをとおす

to proceed in a logical manner

投機筋とうきすじ

speculator

前頭筋ぜんとうきん

frontalis muscle

口輪筋こうりんきん

orbicularis oris muscle

縫工筋ほうこうきん

sartorius muscle

転筋てんきん

cramp in the calf

眼輪筋がんりんきん

orbicularis oculi muscle

ひらめ筋ひらめきん

soleus muscle

内転筋ないてんきん

adductor muscle

大胸筋だいきょうきん

pectoralis major muscle

僧帽筋そうぼうきん

trapezius muscle

閉殻筋へいかくきん

adductor muscle (of a bivalve)

上腕二頭筋じょうわんにとうきん

biceps brachii muscle

広背筋こうはいきん

latissimus dorsi muscle

外転筋がいてんきん

abductor muscle

上腕三頭筋じょうわんさんとうきん

triceps brachii muscle

横筋よこすじ

transversal

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