Japanese
| Kanji in this term
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| 腓
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腹
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筋
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ひ Hyōgai
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ふく Grade: 6
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きん Grade: 6
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| kan'on
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Etymology
腓腹 (“calf; sura”) + 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus gastrocnēmius
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひふくきん [h
ìfúkúkíń] (Heiban – [0]) - IPA(key): [çi̥ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟̊kʲĩɴ]
Noun
腓腹筋 • (hifukukin)
- a gastrocnemius muscle
- Synonym: 腓腸筋 (hichōkin)
- Holonym: 下腿三頭筋 (katai santōkin)