Chinese Character 腦 Meanings and components.

Form

腦

Meaning

腦 meaning[3] in English

Brain.

Mind.

Head.

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Main Components

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

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 BVVW

How to write 腦

To write腦nao3brain you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 𡿺nao3 arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 𡿺 = 腦

腦 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

腦
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]
𡿺
Pinyin:nao3 Shape:吕
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]
囟
Pinyin:xin4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Fontanel (Gap Between The Bones Of An Infant'S Skull)
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
乄
Pinyin:wu3 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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