Wiktionary

脈

See also: 脉
脈 U+8108, 脈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8108
← 脇
[U+8107] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 脉 →
[U+8109]

Translingual Edit

Han character Edit

脈 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月竹竹女 (BHHV), four-corner 72232, composition ⿰月𠂢)

References Edit

  • KangXi: page 982, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29470
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2068, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8108

Chinese Edit

trad. 脈/脉
simp. 脉
alternative forms 衇

Glyph origin Edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (派) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
庍 *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs
派 *m̥ʰreːɡs
脈 *mreːɡ
脉 *mreːɡ
衇 *mreːɡ
眽 *mreːɡ
覛 *mreːɡ, *meːɡ
霢 *mreːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mreːɡ): semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 𠂢 ().

Pronunciation Edit

Note: mò - also used in Mainland in 脈脈.
Note:
  • măh - vernacular;
  • mĕk - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • bia̍k/be̍k - literary;
    • me̍h/be̍h/me̍eh - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 脈
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 耕 (119)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 莫獲切
    Baxter meak
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/mˠɛk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/mᵚæk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/mɐk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/məɨjk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/mɛk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/mæk̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/mæk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		mò
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		mak6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 脈
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		mài
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ mɛk ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*C.mˁ<r>[i]k/
    English vein

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 脈
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9642
    Phonetic
    component         		派
    Rime
    group         		錫
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		麥
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mreːɡ/
    Notes 同衇，原依說文從血在右，
    注此或體

    Definitions Edit

    脈

    1. (traditional Chinese medicine) blood vessels; veins and arteries
    2. (traditional Chinese medicine) pulse
    3. vein of a leaf
    4. something linking up to form a blood vessel-like network, such as mountain ranges

    Compounds Edit

    Japanese Edit

    Shinjitai 脈
    Kyūjitai
    [1]
    脈󠄂
    脈+&#xE0102;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)         		 
    脈󠄄
    脈+&#xE0104;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji Edit

    脈

    (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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    Readings Edit

    Etymology Edit

    Kanji in this term
    脈
    みゃく
    Grade: 5
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese 脈 (MC meak).

    Pronunciation Edit

    Noun Edit

    脈(みゃく) • (myaku) 

    1. pulse
    2. chain of mountains
      山(さん)脈(みゃく)
      sanmyaku
      mountain range
    3. blood vessels
    4. hope
      彼(かれ)はまだ脈(みゃく)がある
      kare wa mada myaku ga aru
      he still has some hope

    References Edit

    1. ^ 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1753 (paper), page 928 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
    2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean Edit

    Etymology Edit

    From Middle Chinese 脈 (MC meak). Recorded as Middle Korean 脉/ᄆᆡᆨ〮 (móyk) (Yale: moyk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja Edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    脈 (eumhun 줄기 맥 (julgi maek))

    1. Hanja form? of 맥 (“vein”).
    2. Hanja form? of 맥 (“pulse”).

    Compounds Edit

    Compounds

    References Edit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

    Vietnamese Edit

    Han character Edit

    脈: Hán Nôm readings: mạch

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