腓腹筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腓	腹	筋
ひ Hyōgai	ふく Grade: 6	きん Grade: 6
kan'on

Etymology

腓腹 (“calf; sura”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus gastrocnēmius

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひふくきん [hìfúkúkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟̊kʲĩɴ]

Noun

腓(ひ)腹(ふく)筋(きん) • (hifukukin) 

1. a gastrocnemius muscle

   Synonym: 腓腸筋 (hichōkin)

   Holonym: 下腿三頭筋 (katai santōkin)