Chinese Character 筋 Meanings and components.

Form

筋

Meaning

筋 meaning[3] in English

Muscle.

Tendon.

Veins Visible Under The Skin.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 筋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and rib (肋)

Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹zhu2bamboo

In cangjie it is written with HBKS

How to write 筋

To write筋jin1muscle you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 肋le1rib arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 肋 = 筋

筋 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 筋 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 筋, looks as follow:

筋
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Muscle . Tendon . Veins Visible Under The Skin . Sth Resembling Tendons Or Veins (E.G. Fiber In A Vegetable)
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
肋
Pinyin:le1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Rib . Taiwan Pr. [Le4]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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