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Japanese symbol for “crick”

Romaji: sujichigai
cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle)

In Japanese, crick is , read (sujichigai).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, vs cramp; sprain; crick; strain (muscle)
  2. n unreasonableness; absurdity
  3. adj-na, adj-no illogical; unreasonable
  4. adj-na, adj-no misdirected; misplaced; wrong (of estimate, guess)

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

muscle, sinew, tendon
on: キン
kun: すじ
12 strokes · JLPT 1
difference, differ
on: イ
kun: ちが.う、ちが.い、ちが.える、-ちが.える
13 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
きんにく kinnikumuscle
てっきん tekkinrebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel
ひとすじ hitosujione line; one stretch (e.g. of road); one strand (e.g. of hair)
みちすじ michisujicourse (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; route
せすじ sesujispine; line of the backbone
きんりょく kinryokuphysical strength; muscle strength
ちがい chigaidifference; distinction; discrepancy
まちがい machigaimistake; error; blunder

See also: Chinese symbol for “crick”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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