脉

See also 脈

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 脈

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 肉 (“body”) + phonetic 永

Han character

脉 (radical 130 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月戈弓水 (BINE))

1. blood vessels, veins, arteries

References

• KangXi: page 982, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29421
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2064, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8109

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Japanese

Kanji

脉

Readings

• On: みゃく (myaku), ばく (baku)
• Kun: すじ (suji), みゃく (myaku)

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Korean

Hanja

脉 (hangeul 맥, revised maek, McCune-Reischauer maek, Yale mayk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

脉 (traditional 脈, pinyin mài (mai4), mò (mo4), Wade-Giles mai⁴, mo⁴)

Compounds

• 脉搏
• 脉冲
• 脉动
• 脉动电流
• 脉络
• 脉络膜
• 脉息
• 脉象
• 脉压
• 脉脉
• 静脉
• 动脉