筋

See also: 觔

筋	U+7B4B, 筋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4B

← 筊
[U+7B4A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

筌 →
[U+7B4C]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

筋 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 5, page 2968, character 4
Unihan data for U+7B4B

Chinese[edit]

trad.		筋
simp. ^#		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

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn
Min Bei (KCR): gṳ́ing
Min Dong (BUC): gṳ̆ng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin / kirn

(Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹
Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gan¹
  - Yale: gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ́ing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyiŋ⁵⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
  - Sinological 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, Taipei, Kinmen): /kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /kun³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
  - Tâi-lô: kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn
  - Tâi-lô: kirn
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: geng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: jin (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ⁵³/

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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gan¹

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[edit]

筋

(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.
(anatomy) muscle
(anatomy) vein that stands out on the skin; prominent superficial vein
(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 bó zhī ér shí. [Pinyin]
The wealthy eat with chopsticks and do not use spoons, whereas the commoners eat with their hands.
A surname.

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 筋

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

筋

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

muscle, tendon
vein, artery
reason, logic
plot, storyline
counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
lineage, descent

Readings[edit]

Go-on: こん (kon)
Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)
Kun: すじ (suji, 筋, Jōyō)^{←すぢ (sudi, historical)}

Compounds[edit]

筋(きん)肉(にく) (kinniku)
筋(きん)力(りょく) (kinryoku)
筋(きん)力(りょく)トレーニング (kinryoku torēningu), 筋(きん)トレ (kintore)

Etymology[edit]

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) すじ [súꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝʑi]

Noun[edit]

筋(すじ) • (suji) ^{←すぢ (sudi)^?}

muscle
tendon
have an aptitude
筋(すじ)がいい人(ひと)
suji ga ii hito
a man of aptitude
This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
みかんの白(しろ)い筋(すじ)
mikan no shiroi suji
(please add an English translation of this example)
(usually in place names) road

Counter[edit]

筋(すじ) • (-suji) ^{←すぢ (sudi)^?}

Counter for long, thin things.
一(ひと)筋(すじ)の光(ひかり)
hitosuji no hikari
a single ray of light

References[edit]

^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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: Hán Nôm readings: cân, gân

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[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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筋

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