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筋

jīn

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

jīn · gan1 (Jyutping)

  1. muscle
  2. tendon
  3. veins visible under the skin
  4. sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

筋

Meaning
muscles; tendons
Radical
⺮
Strokes
12
Components
⿱⺮肋
Cangjie
HBKS
Four-corner
8822.7

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