単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#3,478 most used

筋

すじ1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

muscle; tendon

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

I exercised too much and the muscle in my leg hurts.

written for Tangoya

MEANINGS

1

muscle; tendon; sinew

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

vein; artery

noun

3

fiber; fibre; string

noun

4

line; stripe; streak

noun

5

reason; logic

noun

6

plot; storyline

noun

7

lineage; descent

noun

8

school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)

noun

9

aptitude; talent

noun

10

source (of information, etc.); circle; channel

noun

11

well-informed person (in a transaction)

noun

12

logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)

noun

13

ninth vertical line

noun

14

seam on a helmet

noun

15

gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)

noun

16

social position; status

noun

17

on (a river, road, etc.); along

suffix · noun · takes の

18

counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions

suffix · counter

19

street (in Osaka)

suffix

20

(Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

suffix · counter

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#3,478 most used

Written筋、条

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Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium