懂中文 Dong Chinese

脉

mài, mò

blood vessels

Simplified form and variant of 脈. The blood vessels is the part of the body (⺼) where blood flows (永).

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

永 meaning component

永  Meaning component

yǒng

  

long

Used here to allude to flowing blood in the blood vessels.

Evolution

脉 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
脉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
脉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
脉 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
脉 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

脉 (脈) 

mài

blood vessels, veins, arteries; arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

脉 (脈) 

mò

see 脈脈|脉脉[mò​mò]

脉 (䘑) 

mài

old variant of 脈|脉[mài]

脉 (衇) 

mài

variant of 脈|脉[mài]

Most common words with 脉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

动脉

artery

静脉

vein

脉

arteries and veins

脉搏

pulse (both medical and figurative)

脉冲

pulse (physics)

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

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