脈

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Han character 1.3.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Alternative forms

• 脉

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 肉 (“‘body’”) + phonetic 𠂢

[edit] Han character

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

1. blood vessels, veins, arteries

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

脈 (simplified 脉, Yale mak6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

脈 (hiragana みゃく, romaji myaku)

1. pulse

[edit] Kanji

脈 (grade 4 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

脈 (simplified 脉, pinyin mò (mo4), Wade-Giles mo⁴)