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Chinese symbol for “sphincter”

括约肌
kuò yuē jī
Traditional: 括約肌
sphincter

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sphincter is 括约肌 (kuò yuē jī), defined as: sphincter.

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Characters and stroke order

括 kuò
to embrace, to enclose, to include
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
约 yuē
treaty, covenant, agreement
radical 120 ⽷ · 6 strokes
肌 jī
flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones
radical 130 ⾁ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 括约肌.

WordPinyinMeaning
包括bāo kuòto comprise; to include
概括gài kuòto summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline
囊括náng kuòto include; to embrace
括号 (括號)kuò hàoparentheses; brackets
总括 (總括)zǒng kuòto sum up; all-inclusive
搜括sōu kuòsee 搜刮 (sōu guā)
大约 (大約)dà yuēapproximately; probably
条约 (條約)tiáo yuētreaty; pact
肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh

See also: Japanese symbol for “sphincter”.

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.