胸筋

Japanese
Kanji in this term
胸 筋
きょう
Grade: 6		 きん
Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

From 胸(きょう) (kyō, “chest”) + 筋(きん) (kin, “muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus pectorālis.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) きょーきん [kyòókíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

胸(きょう)筋(きん) • (kyōkin) 

  1. (anatomy) a pectoral muscle
    Hyponyms: 小胸筋 (shōkyōkin), 大胸筋 (daikyōkin)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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