筋

See also: 觔 and 䏪

Translingual

Han character

筋 (radical 118 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹月大尸 (HBKS), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱⺮肋)

1. muscle, muscles
2. tendon, tendons

References

• KangXi: page 882, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25994
• Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 2968, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7B4B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		筋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn
• Min Nan (POJ): kun / kin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: chin¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹
    • Yale: gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹
    • IPA: /kin²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
    • Tâi-lô: kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
    • Tâi-lô: kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kɨn/▼

Rime
Character	筋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉欣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/kiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨn/
Li Rong	/kiən/
Wang Li	/kĭən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*C.[k]ə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯn/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	筋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīn
Middle Chinese	‹ kjɨn ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[k]ə[n]/
English	sinew
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	筋
Reading #	1/1
No.	6727
Phonetic component	筋
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	斤
Old Chinese	/*kɯn/
Notes	俗作䈥

Definitions

筋

1. tendon

   我好鍾意食牛筋丸。 [Cantonese, trad.]

   我好钟意食牛筋丸。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Ngo⁵ hou² zung¹ ji³ sik⁶ ngau⁴ gan¹ jyun². [Jyutping]

   I like to eat beef tendon meatballs.

Compounds

• 面筋

• 麵筋／面筋 (miànjīn)

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Kanji

筋

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: こん (kon)
• Kan’on: きん (kin)
• Kun: すじ (suji)

Compounds

• 筋肉 (きんにく) ‎(kinniku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
筋
すじ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Noun

筋 ‎(hiragana すじ, romaji suji)

1. muscle
2. tendon

See also

• 筋肉 (きんにく) ‎(kinniku): muscle
• 腱 (けん) ‎(ken): tendon

Counter

筋 ‎(hiragana すじ, romaji -suji)

1. Counter for long, thin things.

   一筋 (ひとすじ)の光 (ひかり)

   hitosuji no hikari

   a single ray of light

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Hanja

筋 • ‎(geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

筋 (cân, gân)

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