脈 (hope, pulse, vein) - Kanji Codex

脈

hope, pulse, vein

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ミャク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

すじ

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:10

JLPT:1

Frequency:1477

Vocabulary

ミャク

Word	Reading	Meaning
金脈	キンミャク	vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
山脈	サンミャク	mountain range; mountain belt
人脈	ジンミャク	personal connections
静脈	ジョウミャク	vein
動脈	ドウミャク	artery; arterial road; major route

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
脈	みゃく	pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
脈略	みゃくらく	logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; context; blood vessel
山脈	やまなみ	mountain range; mountain belt
けい動脈	けいどうみゃく	carotid artery
水脈占い	すいみゃくうらない	dowsing; water divining

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be left out, escape from, get rid of, removing, take off, undress

defeat, failure, reversal