脉
màimò HSK7

blood vessels

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Simplified form and variant of 脈. The blood vessels is the part of the body (⺼) where blood flows (永).

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

永
永 Meaning component

Used here to allude to flowing blood in the blood vessels.

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmeakC.mˤ<r>[i]k vein

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1019
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart