肋間

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肋	間
ろく > ろっ Jinmeiyō	かん Grade: 2
kan'on

Etymology

肋 (“rib”) +‎ 間 (“inter-”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろっかん [ròkkáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞k̚kã̠ɴ]

Noun

肋(ろっ)間(かん) • (rokkan) ^{←ろくかん (rokukan)^?}

(anatomy, attributive) intercostal ity
Coordinate term: 骨間 (kokkan)

肋(ろっ)間(かん)動(どう)脈(みゃく)
rokkan dōmyaku
an intercostal artery

See also

肋(ろっ)間(かん)筋(きん) (rokkankin)
肋(ろっ)間(かん)神(しん)経(けい) (rokkan shinkei)

References

“^▲肋間”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025