舌筋

舌筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舌	筋
ぜつ > ぜっ Grade: 6	きん Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

舌 (“tongue”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin musculus linguae

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) ぜっきん [zèkkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ze̞k̚ʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

舌(ぜっ)筋(きん) • (zekkin) 

1. (anatomy) a tongue muscle

See also

• 頤(おとがい)舌(ぜっ)筋(きん) (otogaizekkin)
• 外(がい)舌(ぜつ)筋(きん) (gaizetsukin)