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
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Kun readings
すじ
Variant forms
觔Words with 筋
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —縫工筋sartorius muscle
- —僧帽筋trapezius muscle
- —広背筋latissimus dorsi muscle
- —腓腹筋gastrocnemius muscle
- —閉殻筋adductor muscle (of a bivalve)
- —外転筋abductor muscle
- —内転筋adductor muscle
- —立毛筋erector pili (muscle fiber attached to a hair follicle); erectores pilorum
- —起毛筋erector pili (muscle fiber attached to a hair follicle); erectores pilorum
- —平滑筋smooth muscle
- —外眼筋extraocular muscles
- —拮抗筋antagonist (muscle)
- —肋間筋intercostal muscle
- —腓腸筋gastrocnemius muscle
- —大殿筋gluteus maximus
- —筋断裂muscle rupture; myorrhexis
- —顔面筋facial muscle
- —脳筋症encephalomyopathy
- —腹横筋transverse abdominal muscle; transversus abdominis muscle
- —腹直筋rectus abdominis muscle