Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほう
Grade: S
こう
Grade: 2
きん
Grade: 6
kan’on
 縫工筋 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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縫工 (seamster) +‎ (muscle), calque of New Latin mūsculus sartōrius

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ーこーきん [hòókóókíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ːko̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

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(ほう)(こう)(きん) (hōkōkin

  1. a sartorius muscle
    Hypernym: 大腿筋 (daitaikin)