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脈 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「月」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「月」
On
ミャクみゃく · myaku
Kun
—
Meaning
pulse; vein; range (of mountains)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

月 "body" plus 𠂢 "branching flow"; blood branching through the body — hence "vein, pulse."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onミャクみゃくmyaku脈絡みゃくらく動脈どうみゃく山脈さんみゃく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 山脈さんみゃく

    mountain range

  • 脈拍みゃくはく

    pulse

More words with this kanji

  • 脈絡みゃくらく
  • 動脈瘤どうみゃくりゅう
  • 脈搏みゃくはく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

遠(とお)くに長(なが)い山脈(さんみゃく)が見(み)える。

A long mountain range can be seen in the distance.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

山脈脈拍脈山mounta…拍clap肥fat月moon肌skin肋rib有to exi…覓to see…獏a tapi…貊a nort…貘a tapi…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 月Map of reading ミャクAll maps

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