腱

腱 U+8171, 腱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8171 ← 腰 [U+8170] CJK Unified Ideographs 腲 → [U+8172]

Translingual

Han character

腱 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月弓大手 (BNKQ), four-corner 7524₀, composition ⿰月建)

Derived characters

• 𦽇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 989, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29708
• Dae Jaweon: page 1441, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2092, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8171

Chinese

trad.		腱
simp. #		腱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (建) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
犍	*ɡran, *kan
騝	*ɡran, *kan
鍵	*ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ
揵	*ɡran, *kanʔ
鞬	*kan
腱	*kan, *ɡans
湕	*kanʔ
建	*kans
旔	*kans
楗	*ɡanʔ
健	*ɡans

Originally 䇟. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kan, *ɡans) : semantic 肉 (“meat; flesh”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ / gin¹ / gin⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gin³ / gin¹ / gin⁶
    • Yale: gin / gīn / gihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ / gin¹ / gin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ / gin¹ / gin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³/, /kiːn⁵⁵/, /kiːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiān
    • Tâi-lô: kiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjon, gjonH

Rime
Character	腱	腱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	元 (65)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居言切	渠建切
Baxter	kjon	gjonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐn/	/ɡɨɐnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐn/	/ɡiɐnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐn/	/ɡiɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨan/	/gɨanH/
Li Rong	/kiɐn/	/ɡiɐnH/
Wang Li	/kĭɐn/	/ɡĭɐnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɨ̯ɐn/	/gɨ̯ɐnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin1	gin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kan/, /*ɡans/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腱	腱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6216	6225
Phonetic component	建	建
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𢳚	健
Old Chinese	/*kan/	/*ɡans/

Definitions

腱

1. tendons

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 筋絡／筋络

Compounds

• 牛腱 (niújiàn)
• 肌腱 (jījiàn)
• 腱子 (jiànzi)
• 腱鞘 (jiànqiào)

Japanese

Kanji

腱

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• On: きん (kin)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
腱
けん Hyōgai
kan'on

• (Tokyo) けん [kéꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

腱(けん) • (ken) 

1. (anatomy) a tendon

See also

• 筋(すじ) (suji)

Korean

Hanja

腱 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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See also

• 심줄 (simjul)
• 힘줄 (himjul)