筋

See also: 觔

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		筋
simp. #		筋

Glyph origin

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīn (jin¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn
• Northern Min (KCR): gṳ́ing
• Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kun / kin / kirn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): geng¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹jin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jin
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ́ing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyiŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹jin
    • MiniDict: jin^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jjin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑin⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: kj+n

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
Baxter	kj+n
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

(deprecated template usage) 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 bó zhī ér shí. [Pinyin]

   The wealthy eat with chopsticks and do not use spoons, whereas the commoners eat with their hands.

5. a surname

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Kanji

筋

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

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

Compounds

• 筋(きん)肉(にく) (kinniku)

Etymology

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

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Noun

筋(すじ) • (suji) ^{←すぢ (sudi)?}

1. muscle
2. tendon
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   筋(すじ)がいい人(ひと)

   suji ga ii hito

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   みかんの白(しろ)い筋(すじ)

   mikan no shiroi suji

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5. (usually in place names) road

See also

• 筋(きん)肉(にく) (kinniku): muscle
• 腱(けん) (ken): tendon

Counter

筋(すじ) • (-suji) ^{←すぢ (sudi)?}

1. Counter for long, thin things.

   一(ひと)筋(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

(deprecated template usage) 筋 (cân, gân)

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