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Kanji Detail for 腱 - "tendon"
腱
- Meaning
腱 means "tendon."
Tendon - The tissue connecting muscle to bone.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
tendon
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tendons
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
tendon; sinew
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
tendon, sinew
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The head of the sinew. That is, both ends of voluntary muscles. The tight and narrow portion. White in color. Without elasticity. The medium by which muscles attach to bones. The strongest tendon is at the lower end of the calf muscle. Connecting to the heel. The hoof sinews of animals used as delicacies are all tendons.
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