잎맥

Korean

Etymology

From Native Korean 잎 (ip, “leaf”) + Sino-Korean 맥 (脈, maek, “vein”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [immɛk̚] ~ [imme̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [임맥/임멕]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?immaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ipmaeg
McCune–Reischauer?immaek
Yale Romanization?iphmayk

Noun

잎맥 • (immaek) (hanja ―脈)

  1. (botany) vein of a leaf
    Synonym: 엽맥(葉脈) (yeommaek)
  2. (medicine) a nerve, nervure

Derived terms
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