Kanji1 / 10
脈 kanji
vein, pulse, hope
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ミャク
Kun readings
すじ
Variant forms
脉Words with 脈
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —徐脈bradycardia; infrequent pulse
- —門脈portal vein
- —脈管(vascular) vessel
- —水脈water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
- —葉脈leaf venation; leaf nervature; leaf vein; leaf nerve
- —血脈blood vessel; blood relationship
- —分脈branch; offshoot; tributary; fork; ramification (e.g. of a nerve, blood vessel, ore vein, etc.)
- —語脈word linkage
- —脈所spot where the pulse may be taken; vital point
- —脈々continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
- —死脈weakening pulse; exhausted (mining) vein
- —気脈tacit understanding; connection (of thoughts); collusion; blood vessel
- —岩脈dike
- —遅脈slow pulse
- —脈理cord; cording; stria; striae
- —翅脈wing veins (of an insect)
- —頻脈tachycardia
- —経脈meridian flow (in traditional Chinese medicine)
- —督脈Governor vessel (traditional Chinese medicine); Du Meredian; Dumaixue
- —脈診diagnostic sphygmopalpation (in traditional Chinese medicine); medical diagnosis performed by feeling one's pulse