脈 – vein, pulse, hope

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#1477 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 脈 means vein, pulse, hope. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ミャク (myaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すじ (suji). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ミャク	myaku
Kun’yomi	すじ	suji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 斤・月・厂.

Words using 脈

文脈ぶんみゃくcontext (of a passage)脈みゃくpulse山脈さんみゃくmountain range

Example sentences

言葉の意味は文脈によって変わりうる。

The meaning of words can change according to their context.

Tatoeba #174696

脈が遅いです。

My pulse is slow.

Tatoeba #81042

私は山脈を見た。

I saw a chain of mountains.

Tatoeba #156653

Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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