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Chinese symbol for “hamstring”

腘旁腱肌
guó páng jiàn jī
Traditional: 膕旁腱肌
hamstring (anatomy); see also 腘绳肌 (guó shéng jī)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hamstring is 腘旁腱肌 (guó páng jiàn jī), defined as: hamstring (anatomy); see also 腘绳肌 (guó shéng jī).

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Characters and stroke order

腘
腘 guó
hollow
radical 130 ⾁ · 12 strokes
旁 páng
side; beside, close, nearby
radical 70 ⽅ · 10 strokes
腱 jiàn
tendon, sinew
radical 130 ⾁ · 12 strokes
肌 jī
flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones
radical 130 ⾁ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hamstring”

WordPinyinMeaning
腘绳肌 (膕繩肌)guó shéng jīhamstring (anatomy)
旁腱肌páng jiàn jīsee 腘旁腱肌 (guó páng jiàn jī); hamstring (anatomy)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 腘旁腱肌.

WordPinyinMeaning
腘动脉 (膕動脈)guó dòng màipopliteal artery (anatomy)
腘窝 (膕窩)guó wōpopliteal (anatomy); hollow at the back of the knee
腘窝囊肿 (膕窩囊腫)guó wō náng zhǒngBaker's cyst or popliteal cyst (medicine)
腘绳肌 (膕繩肌)guó shéng jīhamstring (anatomy)
腘肌 (膕肌)guó jīpopliteus (anatomy)
旁边 (旁邊)páng biānside; adjacent place
一旁yī pángaside; to the side of
旁人páng rénother people; bystanders
肌腱jī jiàntendon (anatomy); sinew
肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh

See also: Japanese symbol for “hamstring”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.