心肌 (xīn jī) — cardiac muscle; myocardium | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cardiac musclemyocardium

Examples

心肌。
xīn jī Gěng sǐ shì yì zhǒng wēi xiǎn de xīn xuè guǎn jí bìng.
Myocardial infarction is a dangerous cardiovascular disease.
心肌。
Cháng qī gāo qiáng dù yùn dòng kě néng duì xīn jī zào chéng sǔn shāng.
Long-term high-intensity exercise may damage the cardiac muscle.
心肌。
Yī shēng yòng chāo shēng jiǎn chá cè liáng xīn jī hòu dù.
The doctor uses ultrasound to measure the thickness of the myocardium.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

肌jīmuscle

Heart and muscle combine to mean the muscular tissue of the heart.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 心 comes from a drawing of a heart, now highly stylized.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺼Written in full as肉ròu

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ肌jī

Same sound today

In 肌, the left part ⺼ is the flesh form, matching muscle or flesh, while the right part 几 supplies the sound.

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Organs & Anatomy

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