Wiktionary

筋

See also: 觔
筋 U+7B4B, 筋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4B
← 筊
[U+7B4A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 筌 →
[U+7B4C]

Translingual Edit

Han character Edit

筋 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹月大尸 (HBKS), four-corner 88227, composition ⿱𥫗肋)

Derived characters Edit

References Edit

  • KangXi: page 882, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25994
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1311, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2968, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7B4B

Chinese Edit

trad. 筋
simp. # 筋

Glyph origin Edit

Historical forms of the character 筋
Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Pronunciation Edit

Note:
  • geng1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
  • gêng1 - Jieyang;
  • ging1 - Chaoyang.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 筋
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 欣 (57)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 舉欣切
    Baxter kj+n
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kɨn/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kɨn/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kiən/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kɨn/
    Li
    Rong         		/kiən/
    Wang
    Li         		/kĭən/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ki̯ən/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jīn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gan1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 筋
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jīn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kjɨn ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*C.[k]ə[n]/
    English sinew

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 筋
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 6727
    Phonetic
    component         		筋
    Rime
    group         		文
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		斤
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kɯn/
    Notes 俗作䈥

    Definitions Edit

    筋

    1. (anatomy) tendon; sinew
      我好鍾意食牛筋丸。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      我好钟意食牛筋丸。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ngo5 hou2 zung1 ji3 sik6 ngau4 gan1 jyun2. [Jyutping]
      I like to eat beef tendon meatballs.
    2. (anatomy) muscle
    3. (anatomy) vein that stands out on the skin; prominent superficial vein
    4. (by extension) anything resembling a sinew or vein, such as chopsticks
      貴者飯以筋不匙，賤者搏之而食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      贵者饭以筋不匙，贱者搏之而食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
      From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 8, part 4
      Guìzhě fàn yǐ jīn bù chí, jiànzhě bó zhī ér shí. [Pinyin]
      The wealthy eat with chopsticks and do not use spoons, whereas the commoners eat with their hands.
    5. a surname: Jin

    Compounds Edit

    Japanese Edit

    Kanji Edit

    筋

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. muscle, tendon
    2. vein, artery
    3. reason, logic
    4. plot, storyline
    5. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
    6. lineage, descent

    Readings Edit

    Compounds Edit

    Etymology Edit

    Kanji in this term
    筋
    すじ
    Grade: 6
    kun’yomi

    From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *suntuy ~ *sunti.

    Possibly a compound of す (*su, unknown, possibly the same source as 脛 (sune, “shin”)) + 霊, 血, 乳 (chi, “life essence, spirit, power; blood; milk”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    筋(すじ) • (suji) ←すぢ (sudi)?

    1. muscle
    2. tendon
    3. have an aptitude
      筋(すじ)がいい人(ひと)
      suji ga ii hito
      a man of aptitude
    4. vein
      みかんの白(しろ)い筋(すじ)
      mikan no shiroi suji
      (please add an English translation of this example)
    5. (usually in place names) road

    See also Edit

    Counter Edit

    筋(すじ) • (-suji) ←すぢ (sudi)?

    1. Counter for long, thin things.
      一(ひと)筋(すじ)の光(ひかり)
      hitosuji no hikari
      a single ray of light

    References Edit

    1. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean Edit

    Hanja Edit

    筋 • (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune–Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)

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    Vietnamese Edit

    Han character Edit

    筋: Hán Nôm readings: cân, gân

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