筋(jīn)

HSK 7-912 strokes

muscle

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Character information

Pinyin
jīn
Meaning
muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 筋 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺮肋

Bamboo-like ⺮ tendons in the chest 肋

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

⺮肋lèi

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 筋 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 筋

Common words using 筋 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shāng伤nǎo脑jīn筋
HSK 7-9

to be a real headache

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nǎo脑jīn筋
HSK 7-9

brains

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zōng宗jīn筋

penis (Chinese medicine)

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shǒu手jīn筋

flexor tendon (coll.); tesuji (a skillful move in the game of Go) (orthogra…

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chōu抽jīn筋

cramp; charley horse; to pull a tendon

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shāng伤jīn筋dòng动gǔ骨

to suffer serious injury (idiom)

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dòng动nǎo脑jīn筋

to use one's brains

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lā拉jīn筋

stretching (exercise)

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