腦

See also: 脳 and 脑

Translingual

shinjitai	脳
simplified	脑
traditional	腦

Han character

腦 (radical 130 肉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月女女田 (BVVW), four-corner 7226₃, composition ⿰⺼⿱巛囟)

References

• KangXi: page 988, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29681
• Dae Jaweon: page 1440, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2100, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8166

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Chinese

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trad.		腦
simp.		脑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎo (nao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nou⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): nó
• Min Dong (BUC): nō̤
• Min Nan (POJ): náu / ló
• Wu (WT Romanisation): nau (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: nao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nao
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nou⁵
    • Yale: nóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nou⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /nou̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nó
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /no³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nō̤
    • IPA ^(key): /no³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: náu / ló
    • Tâi-lô: náu / ló
    • IPA (Taipei): /naʊ⁴¹/, /lə⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /naʊ⁵³/, /lə⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: nau (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /nɔ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (腦, reconstructed)
Character (腦), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 泥 (8) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 奴晧切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/nɑuX/	/nɑuX/	/nɑuX/	/nɑuX/	/nawX/	/nɑuX/	/nɑuX/
Character (腦), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 泥 (8) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 那到切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/nɑuH/	/nɑuH/	/nɑuH/	/nɑuH/	/nawH/	/nɑuH/	/nɑuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (腦, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
腦								nǎo								‹ nawX ›								/*nˤ[u]ʔ/								brain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
腦					9370					匘					幽					1					堖					/*nuːʔ/					見左傳，說文作匘
腦					9375					匘					幽					1					腝					/*nuːs/

Noun

腦

1. brain

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Japanese

Kanji

腦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: のう (nō), どう (dō)
• Kun: のう (nou), のうみそ (noumiso), あたま (atama)

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Korean

Hanja in this word

腦

Noun

腦 (noe) (hangeul 뇌)

1. Hanja form^? of 뇌, “brain”.

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Vietnamese

Han character

腦 (não)

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