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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)

筋肉内きんにくない

intramuscular

筋膜きんまく

fascia

関係筋かんけいすじ

relevant source

道筋をつけるみちすじをつける

to pave the way

打ち筋うちすじ

(an individual's) way of playing mahjong

球筋たますじ

course of a thrown ball

翼状筋よくじょうきん

pterygoid muscle

筋向こうすじむこう

diagonally opposite

順行性心筋保護じゅんこうせいしんきんほご

antegrade cardioplegia

梨状筋りじょうきん

piriformis muscle

横紋筋融解症おうもんきんゆうかいしょう

rhabdomyolysis

筋肉隆々きんにくりゅうりゅう

muscular

筋状すじじょう

stripe

帯筋おびきん

hoop

筋肉感覚きんにくかんかく

muscular sense

筋緊張きんきんちょう

muscle tone

筋節きんせつ

sarcomere

筋電計きんでんけい

electromyograph

筋繊維きんせんい

muscle fiber

筋緊張性ジストロフィー症きんきんちょうせいジストロフィーしょう

myotonic dystrophy

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