Chinese Character 脑 Meanings and components.

Form

脑

Meaning

脑 meaning[3] in English

Brain.

Mind.

Head.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 脑 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and old variant of … (㐫)

Its radical[1] is: 肉 (rou4) which means: Meat, Flesh, Pulp (Of A Fruit), (Coll.) (Of A Fruit) Squashy, (Of A Person) Flabby, Irresolute, Kangxi Radical 130, .肉rou4meat

In cangjie it is written with BYUK

How to write 脑

To write脑nao3brain you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 㐫xiong1old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 㐫 = 脑

脑 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 脑 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 脑, looks as follow:

脑
Pinyin:nao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Brain . Mind . Head . Essence
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
㐫
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 凶[Xiong1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
凶
Pinyin:xiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Terrible . Fearful
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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