筋

筋 U+7B4B, 筋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4B ← 筊 [U+7B4A] CJK Unified Ideographs 筌 → [U+7B4C]

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)

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

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 筋
Oracle bone script	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn
• Min Dong (BUC): gṳ̆ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin / kirn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹ / gêng¹ / ging¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T1)

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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
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹
    • IPA: /kin²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
    • IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
    • Tâi-lô: kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kun⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
    • Tâi-lô: kin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn
    • Tâi-lô: kirn
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: geng¹ / gêng¹ / ging¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng / keng / king
    • IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/, /keŋ³³/, /kiŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jin (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ⁵³/

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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. (anatomy) tendon; sinew

   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.

2. (anatomy) muscle
3. (anatomy) vein that stands out on the skin; prominent superficial vein
4. (by extension) anything resembling a sinew or vein
5. A surname​.

Compounds

• 不著筋節／不著筋节
• 中筋麵粉／中筋面粉
• 低筋麵粉／低筋面粉
• 傷筋動骨／伤筋动骨 (shāngjīndònggǔ)
• 傷腦筋／伤脑筋 (shāngnǎojīn)
• 分筋術／分筋术
• 分筋錯骨／分筋错骨
• 剝皮抽筋／剥皮抽筋
• 力困筋乏
• 力盡筋疲／力尽筋疲
• 力盡筋舒／力尽筋舒
• 力軟筋麻／力软筋麻
• 努目訕筋／努目讪筋
• 努筋拔力
• 動腦筋／动脑筋
• 打筋斗
• 扭筋
• 扭頭暴筋／扭头暴筋
• 扯皮弄筋
• 扯筋
• 抽筋 (chōujīn)
• 抽筋剝皮／抽筋剥皮
• 抽筋拔骨
• 換腦筋／换脑筋

• 摔筋斗
• 易筋經／易筋经
• 村筋俗骨
• 橡皮筋 (xiàngpíjīn)
• 死腦筋／死脑筋
• 滾刀筋／滚刀筋
• 牛筋牛降
• 瘦筋巴骨
• 筋不束骨
• 筋斗 (jīndǒu)
• 筋斗雲／筋斗云
• 筋書／筋书
• 筋疲力盡／筋疲力尽
• 筋疲力竭
• 筋疲力軟／筋疲力软
• 筋竿
• 筋節／筋节
• 筋節兒／筋节儿
• 筋絡／筋络
• 筋肉 (jīnròu)
• 筋脈／筋脉
• 筋膜炎
• 筋觔
• 筋電圖／筋电图

• 筋骨 (jīngǔ)
• 筋骨昂然
• 翻筋斗 (fānjīndǒu)
• 翻過筋斗／翻过筋斗
• 老牛筋
• 老腦筋／老脑筋 (lǎonǎojīn)
• 肋筋
• 腦筋／脑筋 (nǎojīn)
• 舒筋活血
• 豎毛筋／竖毛筋
• 蹄筋
• 軟面筋／软面筋
• 轉筋／转筋 (zhuànjīn)
• 銅筋鐵肋／铜筋铁肋
• 銅筋鐵骨／铜筋铁骨
• 鋼筋／钢筋 (gāngjīn)
• 青筋 (qīngjīn)
• 面筋
• 顏筋柳骨／颜筋柳骨
• 顏骨柳筋／颜骨柳筋
• 骨軟筋酥／骨软筋酥
• 骨軟筋麻／骨软筋麻
• 高筋麵粉／高筋面粉
• 麵筋／面筋 (miànjīn)

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Japanese

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, rōmaji 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, rōmaji -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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Korean

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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