筋
jīn HSK7

muscles

筋 jīn
fiber noun
fibrous material in plants or other objects resembling tendons

这些豆角太老了，里面的筋都嚼不动。

zhè​xiē dòu​jiǎo tài lǎo le, lǐ​miàn de jīn dōu jiáo bù dòng.

These green beans are too old; the fibers inside are too tough to chew.

muscle noun
muscle, tendon, or ligament

由于用力过度，他腿上的筋拉伤了。

yóu​yú yòng​lì guò​dù, tā tuǐ shàng de jīn lā​shāng le.

He strained a tendon in his leg due to overexertion.

veins noun
blood vessels visible under the skin

他一激动，额头上的青筋就露了出来。

tā yī jī​dòng, é​tóu shàng de qīng jīn jiù lù le chū​lái.

When he gets excited, the veins on his forehead stand out.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,252nd most common 26.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,134th most common 15.5 per million appears in 9% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.70 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
9.93 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7B4B

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)