脈

Vein

Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingミャク

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 4Level 31

Meanings

veinRtK
pulse
彼の脈は規則正しいですか。Is his pulse regular?tatoeba
hope

chain (of mountains, etc.)
thread (of an argument)

Radicals and components

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Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · caveman · drag · person (人) · rag

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2000

Compound words

金脈きんみゃく

vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money

山脈さんみゃく

mountain range; mountain belt

artery; arterial road; major route

文脈ぶんみゃく

context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background

脈絡みゃくらく

logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; context; blood vessel

脈拍みゃくはく

pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse

不整脈ふせいみゃく

arrhythmia; abnormal heartbeat

大動脈だいどうみゃく

aorta; important traffic route

動脈硬化どうみゃくこうか

arteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries; loss of flexibility (in thinking, systems, etc.); inflexibility; institutional rigidity

wing veins (of an insect)

to pound (e.g. heart)

脈搏数みゃくはくすう

pulse rate

On Reading Examples

彼はアルプス山脈の夜明けの美しさをぼんやりとたたずんで見ていた。さんみゃく

He stood dazedly watching the beauty of the Alpine dawn.tatoeba

私は山脈を見た。さんみゃく

I saw a chain of mountains.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は社外で人脈を築いている。

He's building up a network of acquaintances outside his office.tatoeba

彼はアルプス山脈の夜明けの美しさをぼんやりとたたずんで見ていた。

He stood dazedly watching the beauty of the Alpine dawn.tatoeba

彼が叫ぶと、首の静脈がはっきりと浮き上がった。

When he shouted, the veins in his neck stood out clearly.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Vein, pulse. 月 (body) + 𠂢 (branching) — blood flowing through branching vessels. 山脈 — mountain range.

Practice Writing

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