筋

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

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 筋

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 筋
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
筋-slip.svg 筋-slip.svg 筋-seal.svg 筋-bigseal.svg

Pronunciation[edit]

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
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[edit]

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, such as chopsticks
    貴者飯以筋不匙，賤者搏之而食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    贵者饭以筋不匙，贱者搏之而食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 8, part 4
    Guìzhě fàn yǐ jīn bù chí, jiànzhě bózhī érshí. [Pinyin]
    The wealthy eat with chopsticks and do not use spoons, whereas the commoners eat with their hands.
  5. A surname​.

Compounds[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

筋

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
筋
すじ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
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Noun[edit]

筋 (hiragana すじ, rōmaji suji, historical hiragana すぢ)

  1. muscle
  2. tendon

See also[edit]

Counter[edit]

筋 (hiragana すじ, rōmaji -suji, historical hiragana すぢ)

  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

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

筋 (cân, gân)

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