漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
筋: muscle, sinew
Also: tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent
JLPT N112 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 竹bamboo(meaning)
- 肋(form)
竹 carries the meaning · 肋 is drawn in
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 筋肉きんにくmuscle, sinew
- 筋力きんりょくphysical strength
- 腹筋ふっきんabdominal muscle
すじsuji · kun'yomi · on its own
- 筋すじmuscle, string, line, stripe, plot
- 筋道すじみちreason, logic, thread, method
- 筋書きすじがきsynopsis, outline, plot
- 背筋せすじthe muscles along the spine
- 消息筋しょうそくすじinformed sources
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under the bamboo canopy! This radical brings the practicality and craftsmanship of bamboo to the head of many kanji.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jīn
Same form: 筋 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 筋 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 筋 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jīn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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