Chinese Character 脈 Meanings and components.

Form

脈

Meaning

脈 meaning[3] in English

Arteries And Veins.

Vein (On A Leaf, Insect Wing Etc).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 脈 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , 5th earthly branch: … (辰) , and (?)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BHHV

How to write 脈

To write脈mai4arteries and … you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 辰chen25th earthly … ?? arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 辰 + ? = 脈

脈 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 脈 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 脈, looks as follow:

脈
Pinyin:mai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Arteries And Veins . Vein (On A Leaf, Insect Wing Etc)
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
辰
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: 5th Earthly Branch: 7-9 A.M., 3rd Solar Month (5th April-4th May), Year Of The Dragon . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 120°
?
Pinyin:?

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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