懂中文 Dong Chinese

腱

jiàn

tendons

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

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

建 sound component

建  Sound component

jiàn

  

build

Evolution

腱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
腱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

腱  

jiàn

tendons; tendon; sinew

Most common words with 腱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肌腱

sinew

腱

tendon

腱子

sinew

腱鞘

epitendon

腱鞘炎

tenosynovitis (medicine)