脉

mài

variant of 脈|脉[mai4]

flesh (⺼) + flowing forever (永) = pulse and vessels

The flesh radical grounds this in the body, while 永 (eternal, flowing water) evokes the continuous branching flow of rivers — here mapped onto the branching network of vessels inside you.

⺼+永→脉
⺼FleshSemantic
永EternalSemantic

医生帮我把了把脉,说我身体很好。

yī shēng bāng wǒ bǎ le bǎ mài, shuō wǒ shēn tǐ hěn hǎo。

The doctor took my pulse and said my body is in good shape.

他学中医后,慢慢学会了如何诊脉。

tā xué zhōng yī hòu, màn màn xué huì le rú hé zhěn mài。

After studying traditional Chinese medicine, he gradually learned how to feel the pulse.

Words with 脉

命脉

mìng mài

lifeline

安第斯山脉

ān dì sī shān mài

Andes mountain chain of South America

脉冲星

mài chōng xīng

pulsar (astronomy)

山脉

shān mài

mountain range

脉息

mài xī

pulse

邛崃山脉

qióng lái shān mài

Qionglai mountains on the boundary of the Sichuan basin 四川盆地

锡霍特·阿林山脉

xī huò tè · ā lín shān mài

Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island

锡霍特山脉

xī huò tè shān mài

Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island

长山山脉

cháng shān shān mài

Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos

阿拉干山脉

ā lā gān shān mài

Arakan Mountains (aka Rakhine Mountains), mountain range in western Myanmar

阿尔泰山脉

ā ěr tài shān mài

Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia

电磁脉冲

diàn cí mài chōng

electromagnetic pulse (EMP)

More characters with ⺼

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