筋 – muscle, sinew, tendon

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The kanji 筋 means muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キン (kin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すじ (suji). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キン	kin
Kun’yomi	すじ	suji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 月・竹・力・乞.

Words using 筋

筋すじmuscle筋肉きんにくmuscle粗筋あらすじoutline大筋おおすじoutline一筋ひとすじone line

Example sentences

きみが言っていることは筋があまりよく通っていない。

There isn't much logic in what you're saying.

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水泳は筋肉を発達させる。

Swimming develops our muscles.

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涙が一筋頬を流れた。

A tear ran down her cheek.

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Kanji with the same radical

第策算答管竹等築籍笑節簡範筆箱簿

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