筋

筋 — muscle, sinew, tendon

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 12
Taught in: School year 6
Frequency: #744 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きん kin
Kun'yomi: すじ suji

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 筋

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