脉

mài

m+ài·4th tone

arteries and veins

Radical: 月 Strokes: 9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾

Same radical

有月脚服望能期背朝脱脑腾胜脸腹

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Character Decomposition

脉=⺼+永

Etymology

Long 永 vessels through one's body ⺼

Meanings

arteries and veins

vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

mài

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Words with 脉 247 total

artery动脉dòng mài pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)寸脉cùn mài geographical position according to the principles of feng shui fēng shuǐ · ley lines地脉dì mài veins筋脉jīn mài to feel sb's pulse号脉hào mài channel of TCM经脉jīng mài vein静脉jìng mài

Idioms with 脉 15 total Chain

full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted含情脉脉hán qíng mò mò (lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom) · (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects来龙去脉lái lóng qù mài full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted温情脉脉wēn qíng mò mò traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)一脉相承yī mài xiāng chéng

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