跟腱
gēn​jiàn

Achilles tendon

跟 gēn heel

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 艮 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯːn

說文解字

《說文》：“跟，足踵也。从足，聲。，跟或从止。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

腱 jiàn, qián tendons

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 建 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

建
建 Sound component
jiàn build

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkan
ɡans

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica