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
- —腰筋psoas
- —筋板muscle plate; myotome
- —筋膜fascia
- —帯筋hoop; tie hoop; lateral tie
- —筋覚muscle sense
- —筋節sarcomere; myotome
- —筋痛myalgia; muscular pain
- —挙筋levator; levator muscle
- —筋群myotome; muscle group
- —背筋muscles of the back; back muscles
- —斜筋oblique muscle
- —遅筋slow muscle
- —速筋fast muscle
- —直筋rectus muscle; rectus
- —笑筋risorius muscle; risible muscle
- —顔筋facial muscles; muscles of the face
- —括約筋sphincter (muscle); constrictor
- —筋肉痛muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles
- —三角筋deltoid (muscle)
- —二頭筋biceps