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U+8166, 腦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8166

[U+8165]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8167]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 130, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月女女田 (BVVW), four-corner 72263, composition 𡿺)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Originally , an ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : + (hair) + (head; fontanel). was later replaced with (“flesh”).

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəw-k. Cognate with Burmese ဦးနှောက် (u:hnauk), Nuosu (o not, brain), Jingpho nu' (brain), Drung unu (brain; mind), Japhug tɯrnoʁ, S'gaw Karen ခိၣ်နူာ် (khoh̀noọ, brain).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
    • náu - vernacular;
    • ló - literary.
Note:
  • nao2 - literary;
  • lo2 - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (8)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter nawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/nɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nawX/
Li
Rong
/nɑuX/
Wang
Li
/nɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nou5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nǎo
Middle
Chinese
‹ nawX ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁ[u]ʔ/
English 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
Reading # 1/2
No. 9370
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuːʔ/
Notes

Definitions[edit]

  1. (anatomy) brain (Classifier: m c)
  2. head
  3. brains; mind
    唔使唔使 [Cantonese]  ―  m4 sai2 jung6 nou5 nam2 [Jyutping]  ―  no need to use one's brains
  4. to smash one's head
  5. core; central part
  6. (in compounds) brain-like object or substance
    豆腐豆腐  ―  dòufunǎo  ―  tofu pudding
      ―  diànnǎo  ―  computer
  7. (in compounds) essence
      ―  zhāngnǎo  ―  camphor
      ―  lóngnǎo  ―  borneol
    薄荷薄荷  ―  bóhénǎo  ―  menthol
  8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 電腦电脑 (din6 nou5, “computer”). (Classifier: c)
Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (のう) ()
  • Korean: 뇌(腦) (noe)
  • Vietnamese: não ()

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (8)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter nawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/nɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nawH/
Li
Rong
/nɑuH/
Wang
Li
/nɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/nɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nou6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 9375
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuːs/

Definitions[edit]

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Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. Kyūjitai form of

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese (MC nawX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 노ᇢ〯 (Yale: nwǒw)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1] 골〮치〮 (Yale: kwólchí) 노〯 (Yale: nwǒ)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 머릿골 (meoritgol noe))

  1. Hanja form? of (brain). [noun]

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Old Japanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 漬く (naduku, to be immersed in water (or other liquid)).

Noun[edit]

(naduki1) (kana なづき)

  1. the brain

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: não

Noun[edit]

  1. chữ Hán form of não (brain).