腱
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tendon; sinew
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 肉 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 腱
- Common rank
- #2,977
- Unicode
- U+8171
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
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Words with 腱
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腿后腱 | hamstring muscle | |
| 腱外膜 | (anatomy) epitenon | |
| 半腱肌 | semitendinosus, one of the hamstring muscles in the thigh | |
| 腱子 | sinew | |
| 旁腱肌 | see 膕旁腱肌|腘旁腱肌[guo2 pang2 jian4 ji1]; hamstring (anatomy) | |
| 腱炎 | tendonitis | |
| 肌腱 | tendon (anatomy); sinew; hamstrings | |
| 跟腱 | heel tendon of mammals; Achilles tendon | |
| 腱鞘炎 | tenosynovitis (medicine) | |
| 腘旁腱肌 | hamstring (anatomy); see also 膕繩肌|腘绳肌[guo2 sheng2 ji1] | |
| 腱弓 | tendon arch (anatomy) | |
| 腱鞘 | (anatomy) tendon sheath |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 建 — compare how they read.