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脉

mài
HSK 7-93 readings

“Arteries and veins” in Chinese is 脉 (mài).

Other characters with the syllable mai: see all 6 →

Meaning

  • arteries and veins
  • vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
  • old variant of 脈|脉[mai4]
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  • see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4]
  • variant of 脈|脉[mai4]

Example

医生正在量病人的脉搏。

The doctor is taking the patient's pulse.

From 脉搏 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

  • màiold variant of 脈|脉 / arteries and veins / vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc) / variant of 脈|脉
  • mòsee 脈脈|脉脉

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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