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
- —筋線維muscle fiber; muscle fibre
- —筋痙攣muscle spasm; myospasm; cramp
- —筋骨隆隆muscular; strong-muscled
- —ヒラメ筋soleus muscle
- —比目魚筋soleus muscle
- —筋原繊維myofibril
- —筋肉馬鹿musclehead; person obsessed with building muscle
- —筋肉線維muscle fiber
- —筋肉達磨extremely muscular person; muscle-bound person
- —小頰骨筋zygomaticus minor muscle
- —肩胛挙筋levator scapulae muscle
- —筋肉だるまextremely muscular person; muscle-bound person
- —座骨尾骨筋coccygeus muscle; ischiococcygeus
- —蛸壺型心筋症takotsubo cardiomyopathy
- —タコツボ型心筋症takotsubo cardiomyopathy