mài

blood vessels

Vessels carry blood through one's body ⺼ like a branching river 𠂢

Components
⺼ meaning component

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ròu

  

meat, flesh

𠂢 meaning component

𠂢  Meaning component

pài

  

river branching

Evolution

脈 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
脈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
脈 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
脈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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mài

blood vessels, veins, arteries; arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

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see 脈脈|脉脉[mò​mò]

Most common words with 脈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

动脉

artery

静脉

vein

arteries and veins

脉搏

pulse (both medical and figurative)

脉冲

pulse (physics)

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