# 脈

| 脈 | U+8108, &#33032; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8108 |
| ← 脇 [U+8107] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 脉 → [U+8109] |

## Translingual
### Han character

脈 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月竹竹女 (BHHV), four-corner 7223$_2$, composition ⿰月𠂢)

#### Derived characters

* 𱗦, 霢, 𪃻

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 982, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29470
* Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2068, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8108

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 庍 | *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs |
| 派 | *m̥ʰreːɡs |
| 脈 | *mreːɡ |
| 脉 | *mreːɡ |
| 衇 | *mreːɡ |
| 眽 | *mreːɡ |
| 覛 | *mreːɡ, *meːɡ |
| 霢 | *mreːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mreːɡ): semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 𠂢 (pài).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mài, mò
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ, ㄇㄛˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): me$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^6$ / maak$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): met$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mak / ma̍k
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mag$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mieh$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): măh / mĕk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ma$^2$ / mah$^7$ / beh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): me̍h / be̍h / me̍eh / mē / be̍k / bia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$maq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mài
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mài
*** Wade–Giles: mai$^4$
*** Yale: mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
*** Palladius: май (maj)
*** Sinological IPA : /maɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mò
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mò
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^4$
*** Yale: mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: me$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: me
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$ / maak$^6$
*** Yale: mahk / maahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$ / maak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$ / mag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚²/, /maːk̚²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: met$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mak / ma̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: mag$^ˋ$ / mag
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mag$^5$ / mag$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mak̚²/, /mak̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /mak̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: măh / mĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /maʔ⁵/, /mɛiʔ⁵/
* măh - vernacular;
* mĕk - literary.
* Middle Chinese: meak
Rime :
| Character | 脈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 莫獲切 |
| Baxter | meak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /məɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mæk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mak$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤ<r>[i]k/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mreːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 脈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mɛk › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.mˁ<r>[i]k/ |
| English | vein |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 脈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9642 |
| Phonetic component | 派 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 麥 |
| Old Chinese | /*mreːɡ/ |
| Notes | 同衇，原依說文從血在右， 注此或體 |

### Definitions

脈
* (traditional Chinese medicine) blood vessels; veins and arteries
* (traditional Chinese medicine) pulse
* vein of a leaf
* something linking up to form a blood vessel-like network, such as mountain ranges

### Compounds

* 一脈 / 一脉
* 一脈相傳 / 一脉相传 (yīmàixiāngchuán)
* 一脈相承 / 一脉相承 (yīmàixiāngchéng)
* 一脈相通 / 一脉相通
* 一脈相連 / 一脉相连
* 不整脈 / 不整脉
* 中央山脈 / 中央山脉 (Zhōngyāng Shānmài)
* 主動脈 / 主动脉 (zhǔdòngmài)
* 主動脈弓 / 主动脉弓 (zhǔdòngmàigōng)
* 主脈 / 主脉
* 人脈 / 人脉 (rénmài)
* 代脈 / 代脉
* 任脈 / 任脉
* 侏羅山脈 / 侏罗山脉
* 來龍去脈 / 来龙去脉 (láilóngqùmài)
* 促脈 / 促脉
* 候脈 / 候脉 (hòumài)
* 側脈 / 侧脉
* 六脈 / 六脉
* 六脈調和 / 六脉调和
* 冠狀動脈 / 冠状动脉
* 切脈 / 切脉 (qièmài)
* 動脈 / 动脉 (dòngmài)
* 動脈瘤 / 动脉瘤 (dòngmàiliú)
* 動脈硬化 / 动脉硬化 (dòngmài yìnghuà)
* 千山山脈 / 千山山脉
* 句脈 / 句脉
* 同出一脈 / 同出一脉
* 含情脈脈 / 含情脉脉 (hánqíngmòmò)
* 命脈 / 命脉 (mìngmài)
* 喜脈 / 喜脉 (xǐmài)
* 國脈 / 国脉 (guómài)
* 土脈 / 土脉
* 地脈 / 地脉
* 大別山脈 / 大别山脉
* 大動脈 / 大动脉 (dàdòngmài)
* 大巴山脈 / 大巴山脉
* 大白山脈 / 大白山脉
* 大雪山脈 / 大雪山脉
* 大靜脈 / 大静脉 (dàjìngmài)
* 奇經八脈 / 奇经八脉
* 安南山脈 / 安南山脉
* 完達山脈 / 完达山脉
* 尺脈 / 尺脉
* 山脈 / 山脉 (shānmài)
* 岩脈 / 岩脉
* 崑崙山脈 / 昆仑山脉
* 巴嶺山脈 / 巴岭山脉
* 平脈 / 平脉
* 平行脈 / 平行脉
* 平行葉脈 / 平行叶脉
* 張脈 / 张脉
* 微脈 / 微脉
* 急脈緩受 / 急脉缓受
* 憑脈 / 凭脉
* 懸絲診脈 / 悬丝诊脉
* 把脈 / 把脉 (bǎmài)
* 按脈 / 按脉 (ànmài)
* 捉脈 / 捉脉
* 掌狀脈 / 掌状脉
* 支脈 / 支脉 (zhīmài)
* 橈動脈 / 桡动脉
* 氣脈 / 气脉 (qìmài)
* 水脈 / 水脉
* 沉脈 / 沉脉
* 泉脈 / 泉脉 (quánmài)
* 海岸山脈 / 海岸山脉
* 浮脈 / 浮脉
* 溶溶脈脈 / 溶溶脉脉
* 濇脈 / 涩脉
* 百脈根 / 百脉根
* 直脈 / 直脉
* 看脈 / 看脉 (kànmài)
* 礦脈 / 矿脉
* 筋脈 / 筋脉
* 節脈 / 节脉
* 結脈 / 结脉
* 經脈 / 经脉 (jīngmài)
* 網狀脈 / 网状脉
* 羽狀脈 / 羽状脉
* 翅脈 / 翅脉 (chìmài)
* 肺動脈 / 肺动脉 (fèidòngmài)
* 肺靜脈 / 肺静脉 (fèijìngmài)
* 脈不制肉 / 脉不制肉
* 脈動 / 脉动 (màidòng)
* 脈動星 / 脉动星
* 脈動電流 / 脉动电流
* 脈壓 / 脉压 (màiyā)
* 脈息 / 脉息 (màixī)
* 脈搏 / 脉搏 (màibó)
* 脈旺 / 脉旺 (Màiwàng)
* 脈望 / 脉望
* 脈案 / 脉案
* 脈波體 / 脉波体
* 脈理 / 脉理
* 脈石礦物 / 脉石矿物
* 脈禮 / 脉礼
* 脈管 / 脉管 (màiguǎn)
* 脈絡 / 脉络 (màiluò)
* 脈絡膜 / 脉络膜 (màiluòmó)
* 脈絡貫通 / 脉络贯通
* 脈經 / 脉经
* 脈脈 / 脉脉 (mòmò)
* 脈膊 / 脉膊
* 脈衝 / 脉冲 (màichōng)
* 脈衝式 / 脉冲式
* 脈衝星 / 脉冲星 (màichōngxīng)
* 脈訣 / 脉诀
* 脈診 / 脉诊 (màizhěn)
* 脈象 / 脉象 (màixiàng)
* 脈門 / 脉门
* 葉脈 / 叶脉 (yèmài)
* 落脈 / 落脉
* 號脈 / 号脉 (hàomài)
* 血脈 / 血脉 (xuèmài)
* 血脈賁張 / 血脉贲张
* 褶曲山脈 / 褶曲山脉
* 評脈 / 评脉 (píngmài)
* 診脈 / 诊脉 (zhěnmài)
* 請脈 / 请脉
* 遲脈 / 迟脉
* 門靜脈 / 门静脉 (ménjìngmài)
* 關脈 / 关脉
* 靜脈 / 静脉 (jìngmài)
* 靜脈曲張 / 静脉曲张 (jìngmài qūzhāng)
* 靜脈注射 / 静脉注射 (jìngmài zhùshè)
* 靜脈瘤 / 静脉瘤
* 靜脈血 / 静脉血
* 頸動脈 / 颈动脉 (jǐngdòngmài)
* 頸動脈竇 / 颈动脉窦 (jǐngdòngmàidòu)
* 頸靜脈 / 颈静脉 (jǐngjìngmài)
* 鷲峰山脈 / 鹫峰山脉
* 龍脈 / 龙脉 (lóngmài)

### References

* “脈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “脉”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 267.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 脈 |
| Kyūjitai | 脈󠄂 脈+&#xE0102; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 脈󠄄 脈+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: みゃく (myaku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ばく (baku)
* Kun: すじ (suji, 脈)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 脈
* みゃく Grade: 5
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 脈 (MC meak).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みゃく [myàkúꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [mʲa̠kɯ̟]

### Noun

脈(みゃく) • (myaku)
* pulse
* chain of mountains
    山(さん)脈(みゃく)
       sanmyaku
       mountain range
* blood vessels
* hope
    彼(かれ)はまだ脈(みゃく)がある
       kare wa mada myaku ga aru
       he still has some hope

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1753 (paper), page 928 (digital)
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 脈 (MC meak). Recorded as Middle Korean 脉/ᄆᆡᆨ〮 (móyk) (Yale: moyk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 脈 (eumhun 줄기 맥 (julgi maek))
* hanja form of 맥 (“vein”)
* hanja form of 맥 (“pulse”)

#### Compounds

* 경맥 (經脈, gyeongmaek)
* 동맥 (動脈, dongmaek)
* 맥락 (脈絡, maengnak, “context”)
* 맥박 (脈搏, maekbak, “pulse”)
* 문맥 (文脈, munmaek, “linguistic context”)
* 산맥 (山脈, sanmaek)
* 인맥 (人脈, inmaek)
* 정맥 (靜脈, jeongmaek)
* 혈맥 (血脈, hyeolmaek)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

脈: Hán Nôm readings: mạch
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