脛

See also 胫

Translingual

Han character

脛 (radical 130 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月一女一 (BMVM), four-corner 7121₁)

1. shinbone
2. calf of leg

References

• KangXi: page 983, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29504
• Dae Jaweon: page 1435, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2077, character 9
• Unihan data for U+811B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

脛 (simplified 胫, Yale hing5)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sune]

Alternative forms

• 臑
• 髄

Noun

脛 (hiragana すね, romaji sune)

1. the area between the knee and the ankle; the shin
   • 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 68)

     髄脳 上須年 下奈豆技

Etymology 2

pagi > ɸagi > hagi.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [hagi]

Noun

脛 (hiragana はぎ, romaji hagi)

1. the shin

Kanji

脛

1. shin

Readings

• On: けい (kei)
• Kun: すね (sune), はぎ (hagi)

References

• Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), ISBN 4-7629-3088-1.

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Korean

Hanja

脛 (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

脛 (simplified 胫, pinyin jìng (jing4), kēng (keng1), Wade-Giles ching⁴, k'eng¹)