筋
See also: 觔
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Translingual
Han character
筋 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹月大尸 (HBKS), four-corner 88227, composition ⿱𥫗肋)
References
- KangXi: page 882, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25994
- Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2968, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7B4B
Chinese
trad. | 筋 | |
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simp. # | 筋 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 筋 | |||
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Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |
Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pronunciation
Definitions
筋
- (anatomy) tendon; sinew
- 我好鍾意食牛筋丸。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- ngo5 hou2 zung1 ji3 sik6 ngau4 gan1 jyun2. [Jyutping]
- I like to eat beef tendon meatballs.
我好钟意食牛筋丸。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (anatomy) muscle
- (anatomy) vein that stands out on the skin; prominent superficial vein
- (by extension) anything resembling a sinew or vein, such as chopsticks
- 貴者飯以筋不匙,賤者搏之而食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 8, part 4
- Guìzhě fàn yǐ jīn bù chí, jiànzhě bó zhī ér shí. [Pinyin]
- The wealthy eat with chopsticks and do not use spoons, whereas the commoners eat with their hands.
贵者饭以筋不匙,贱者搏之而食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname
Compounds
Derived terms from 筋
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Japanese
Kanji
筋
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- muscle, tendon
- vein, artery
- reason, logic
- plot, storyline
- counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- lineage, descent
Readings
- Go-on: こん (kon)
- Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)
- Kun: すじ (suji, 筋, Jōyō)←すぢ (sudi, historical)
Compounds
- 筋肉 (kinniku)
- 筋力 (kinryoku)
- 筋力トレーニング (kinryoku torēningu), 筋トレ (kintore)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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筋 |
すじ Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
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Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) すじ [súꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [sɨᵝʑi]
Noun
筋 • (suji) ←すぢ (sudi)?
- muscle
- tendon
- have an aptitude
- 筋がいい人
- suji ga ii hito
- a man of aptitude
- 筋がいい人
- vein
- みかんの白い筋
- mikan no shiroi suji
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- みかんの白い筋
- (usually in place names) road
See also
- 筋肉 (kinniku): muscle
- 腱 (ken): tendon
Counter
筋 • (-suji) ←すぢ (sudi)?
- Counter for long, thin things.
- 一筋の光
- hitosuji no hikari
- a single ray of light
- 一筋の光
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
筋 • (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune–Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)
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Vietnamese
Han character
筋: Hán Nôm readings: cân, gân
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