脉

Meaning

Kanji 脉

hope

hope, pulse, vein (blood, ore)

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
すじ
Onyomi 音読み
ミャク
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
9
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
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Similar Kanji
泳 • 詠 • 昶 • 昹 • 栐 • 永 • 咏

Related vocabulary

2 common entries

Showing 2 of 2 entries that include this kanji.

脈

みゃく

chain (of mountains, etc.)

脈診

みゃくしん

diagnostic sphygmopalpation (in traditional Chinese medicine)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

医者は手首に指を当てて脉を測った。

The doctor placed his fingers on the wrist to check the pulse.

この字の脉には血のすじという意味がある。

This character has the meaning of a vein or blood vessel.

山の岩に細い鉱脉が走っていた。

A thin ore vein ran through the mountain rock.

脉が速すぎるので、少し休んだほうがいい。

The pulse is too fast, so it would be better to rest for a while.

細い脉のように川が平野を流れていた。

The river ran across the plain like a thin vein.