筋 — Chinese character
筋
jīn
muscles; tendons
- Pinyin
- jīn
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 肋
- Formation
- ideographic — Bamboo-like ⺮ tendons in the chest 肋
- Japanese
- 筋 as a kanji
Common words with 筋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钢筋 (鋼筋) | gāng jīn | steel reinforcing bar |
| 脑筋 (腦筋) | nǎo jīn | brains; mind |
| 筋疲力尽 (筋疲力盡) | jīn pí lì jìn | body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired; spent |
| 抽筋 | chōu jīn | cramp; charley horse |
| 动脑筋 (動腦筋) | dòng nǎo jīn | to use one's brains; to think |
| 伤脑筋 (傷腦筋) | shāng nǎo jīn | to be a real headache; to find sth a real headache |
| 筋骨 | jīn gǔ | muscles and bones; physique |
| 橡皮筋 | xiàng pí jīn | rubber band |
| 青筋 | qīng jīn | veins; blue veins |
| 筋膜 | jīn mó | (anatomy) fascia |
| 面筋 (麵筋) | miàn jīn | gluten |
| 钢筋水泥 (鋼筋水泥) | gāng jīn shuǐ ní | reinforced concrete |
English words written with 筋
筋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.