Chinese symbol for “hamstrings”

肌腱

jī jiàn

tendon (anatomy); sinew; hamstrings

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hamstrings is 肌腱 (jī jiàn), defined as: tendon (anatomy); sinew; hamstrings.

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Characters and stroke order

肌 jī

flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones

radical 130 ⾁ · 6 strokes

腱 jiàn

tendon, sinew

radical 130 ⾁ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肌腱.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
肌肉	jī ròu	muscle; flesh
肌肤 (肌膚)	jī fū	skin; flesh
腹肌	fù jī	abdominal muscle
心肌	xīn jī	myocardium
肌肉男	jī ròu nán	muscular man; muscleman
肌体 (肌體)	jī tǐ	the body; organism (usually human)
跟腱	gēn jiàn	heel tendon of mammals; Achilles tendon
腱鞘炎	jiàn qiào yán	tenosynovitis (medicine)

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.