vein / pulse
N1- Onyomi
- ミャク
- Stroke count
- 10
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 脈 down and you get 月 (moon / month) — the moon hanging in a clear night sky. Picture the moon in a night sky, put 脈 inside it, and let that scene stand for "vein" — vein / pulse. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 10
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は10画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 10 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
脈絡
myakuraku
context
脈絡が大切です
myakurakugataisetsudesu
context is important
脈絡が必要です
myakurakugahitsuyoudesu
context is necessary
脈絡を考えます
myakurakuokangaemasu
to think about context
脈絡について話します
myakurakunitsuitehanashimasu
to talk about context
Example sentences (2)
彼の話は脈絡がありません。
かれ の はなし は みゃくらく が ありません。
kare no hanashi wa myakuraku ga arimasen.
His story lacks coherence.
脈絡のない指示を出されると、現場は動きようがありません。
みゃくらく の ない しじ を だされる と、げんば は うごきよう が ありません。
myakuraku no nai shiji o dasareru to, genba wa ugokiyou ga arimasen.
When instructions arrive with no coherence, the people on the ground have no way to act.