脛 — kanji meaning “leg”
脛
leg, shin
- Meanings
- leg, shin
- On'yomi
- ケイ (kei)
- Kun'yomi
- すね、はぎ
- Strokes
- 11
- Classical radical
- 130
- Chinese reading
- jìng — Chinese character page
Words with 脛
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脛骨 | けいこつ keikotsu | tibia; shinbone |
| 脹脛 | ふくらはぎ fukurahagi | calf |
| 向こう脛 | むこうずね mukouzune | shin; front of lower leg |
| 毛脛 | けずね kezune | hairy legs |
| 脛巾 | はばき habaki | leggings; gaiters |
| 脛齧り | すねかじり sunekajiri | sponger (e.g. off one's parents); hanger-on; freeloader |
| 脛を齧る | すねをかじる suneokajiru | to depend on someone else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents'); to gnaw on (someone's) shin |
| 脛節 | けいせつ keisetsu | tibia (of an insect) |
| 前脛骨筋 | ぜんけいこつきん zenkeikotsukin | anterior tibial muscle; musculus tibialis anterior |
| 痩せ脛 | やせずね yasezune | thin leg |
| 脛骨動脈 | けいこつどうみゃく keikotsudoumyaku | tibial artery |
| 後脛骨筋 | こうけいこつきん koukeikotsukin | tibialis posterior muscle |
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