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tendons

HSK 10
Human →Body →Body Parts
jiàn
ケン、キン
건
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 建 represents the sound.
Components
⺼ meat (side)+ 建 build =
腱 tendons
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
建 Phonetic component
jiàn build
build, establish, erect, found
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Notes
Similar Characters
媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly肛 anus肜 to sacrifice on肝 liver肟 an organic compound肠 emotions (simp)股 thigh肢 limb肤 superficial (simp)肩 shoulder肪 animal fat肫 the gizzard of a fowl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
腱
Regular
Modern
Chinese
腱 [jiàn]
tendon; sinew
Japanese
腱 けん 同音
noun tendon
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (13)
肌腱 [jī​jiàn] #20,750
tendon (anatomy)
腱子 [jiàn​zi] #48,842
sinew
腱鞘 [jiàn​qiào] #49,347
tendon sheath (anatomy)
腱鞘炎 [jiàn​qiào​yán] #56,246
tenosynovitis (medicine)
半腱肌 [bàn​jiàn​jī] #59,363
semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh
腱弓 [jiàn​gōng] #71,492
tendon arch (anatomy)
旁腱肌 [páng​jiàn​jī]
see 膕旁腱肌|腘旁腱肌[guó​páng​jiàn​jī]
腘旁腱肌 [guó​páng​jiàn​jī]
hamstring (anatomy)
腱炎 [jiàn​yán]
tendonitis
腿后腱 [tuǐ​hòu​jiàn]
hamstring muscle
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JAPANESE WORDS (20)
⭐ アキレス腱 [アキレスけん] #43,766
Achilles tendon
腱鞘炎 [けんしょうえん] #81,315
tenosynovitis
腱反射 [けんはんしゃ] #167,987
tendon reflex
膝蓋腱反射 [しつがいけんはんしゃ] #195,046
kneecap (patellar) reflex
膝蓋腱 [しつがいけん] #222,133
patellar tendon
腱板 [けんばん] #243,284
rotator cuff
腱膜 [けんまく] #292,676
aponeurosis
屈腱炎 [くっけんえん] #299,433
bowed tendon
腱鞘 [けんしょう] #311,260
sheath of tendon
アキレス腱反射 [アキレスけんはんしゃ]
Achilles tendon reflex
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