Memory phrase for the character: 脈

脈

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Meaning

vein, pulsation, pulse

Pronunciation

 MYAKU

Explanation

 Left: body 月/肉, right: affluents (= side rivers) (cf. water 水 and faction/sect 派)

Mnemonic
 
The body's affluents are the veins.

Radicals

肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
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 Vocabulary

脈 みゃく  pulse, vein
脈拍 みゃくはく  pulse (beat)
静脈 じょうみゃく  vein
山脈 さんみゃく  mountain range
文脈 ぶんみゃく  context
脈管系 みゃくかんけい  vascular system
脈搏数 みゃくはくすう  pulse rate

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