Kanji1 / 12
筋 kanji
muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
キン
Kun readings
すじ
Variant forms
觔Words with 筋
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3筋肉Popularmuscle
- —筋力Popularphysical strength; muscle strength
- —鉄筋Popularrebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
- —心筋Popularcardiac muscle; heart muscle; myocardium
- —筋muscle
- —筋骨muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
- —伸筋extensor (muscle); protractor
- —腹筋abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
- —筋腫myoma
- —屈筋flexor (muscle)
- —筋炎myositis
- —筋注intramuscular injection
- —胸筋pectoral (muscle)
- —頬筋buccinator muscle
- —咬筋masseter muscle
- —転筋cramp in the calf
- —眼筋ocular muscle; eye muscle
- —主筋main reinforcement (in a reinforced-concrete structure)
- —殿筋gluteus
- —脳筋muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking