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KanjiN1Grade 6 · 小612 strokesRadical 竹

筋 · muscle, sinew

筋 is a kanji meaning muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber. It has 12 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • キンkin

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • すじsuji

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 筋 · 5 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 筋
WordReadingMeaningLevel
筋すじmuscle, string, lineN3
筋肉きんにくmuscle, sinewsN3
粗筋あらすじoutline, synopsisN2
大筋おおすじoutline, summaryN1
一筋ひとすじa line, earnestly, blindly, straightforwardlyN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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