Memory phrase for the Kanji: 脈


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Meaning vein, pulsation, pulse

Pronunciation

MYAKU

Explanation

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

Mnemonic


 
The body's affluents are the veins.

Radicals

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

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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