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U+7B4B, 筋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B4B

[U+7B4A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7B4C]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𤯸

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 筋, Warring States ...

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (bamboo) + 𠛧 (peel) – sinew (bamboo is sinewy when peeled). The component is a corruption of ().

Pronunciation


Note:
  • geng1 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
  • gêng1 - Jieyang;
  • ging1 - Chaoyang.

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Definitions

  1. (anatomy) tendon; sinew
    鍾意 [Cantonese, trad.]
    钟意 [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
    貴者賤者 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    贵者贱者 [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

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