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mài

blood vessels

  • edit character approved 脈 — "Verify" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Long 永 vessels through one's body ⺼ → The blood vessels is the part of the body (⺼) where blood flows (𠂢).
    Verified
    No → Yes
    Components
    • ⺼ Meaning
      • hint: (empty) → ⺼ is a component form of 肉.
    • + 𠂢 SoundMeaning Used here to allude to flowing blood in the blood vessels. 𠂢 also represents the sound.
    • - 永 Meaning
    Sources
    • + 李学勤《字源》p.1019

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

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  • edit character rejected 脈 — "revert" by inralback19
    Hint
    Vessels carry blood through one's body ⺼ like a branching river 𠂢 → Long 永 vessels through one's body ⺼
    Components
    • + 永 Meaning
    • - 𠂢 Meaning

    Changed: hint, components

    edit character by inralback19

    rejected by Prismcool

    Reviewer: "Not a mistake, both 𠂢 and 永 derive from the same origin which is an image of a flowing river with a tribatury. The only differrence is that 𠂢 is flipped around."

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  • edit character approved 脈 — "Replace 永 with 𠂢 to match the traditional component. 𠂢 is the horizontally flipped version of 永. They both represent a river tributary. " by b.n.williams
    Hint
    The blood vessels is the part of the body (⺼) where blood flows (𠂢). → Vessels carry blood through one's body ⺼ like a branching river 𠂢
    Components
    • ⺼ Meaning
      • hint: ⺼ is a component form of 肉. → (empty)
    • 𠂢 Meaning
      • hint: Used here to allude to flowing blood in the blood vessels. 𠂢 also represents the sound. → (empty)
      • type: sound, meaning → meaning

    Changed: hint, components

    edit character by b.n.williams

    approved by Prismcool

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