筋

See also: 觔

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

← 筊
[U+7B4A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

筌 →
[U+7B4C]

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		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
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
  - 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 Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ́ing
  - IPA ^(key): /kyiŋ⁵⁴/
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, Taipei, Kinmen): /kun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
  - Tâi-lô: kin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn
  - Tâi-lô: kirn
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: geng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳng
  - IPA ^(key): /kɯŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: jin (T1)
  - 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

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

(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

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 (dòngnǎojīn)
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)

Japanese

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, historical)}

Compounds

筋肉 (きんにく) (kinniku)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) すじ [súꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [sɨᵝʑi]

Noun

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

muscle
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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(usually in place names) road

Counter

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

Counter for long, thin things.
一筋 (ひとすじ)の光 (ひかり)
hitosuji no hikari
a single ray of light

References

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

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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[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