The kanji 筋: meaning, readings and stroke order

筋

Meaning: muscle, plot
On reading: キン kin
Kun reading: すじ suji
Strokes: 12
Radical: 竹 bamboo
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cơ bắp, mạch (truyện) (cân)
Japanese: きんにく。ものごとのすじみち。
Korean: 근육, 줄거리 (근)
Chinese: 肌肉、情节

Readings, words and example sentences

キン kin · on reading

筋きん肉にく
muscle
運動で 筋きん肉にくがつきました。
I got more muscles from exercising.

すじ suji · kun reading

筋すじ
plot, line
話の 筋すじをみんなに説明します。
I explain the plot of the story to everyone.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.