脳

See also: 腦 and 脑

Translingual

Traditional	腦
Shinjitai	脳
Simplified	脑

Han character

脳 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月火山大 (BFUK), composition ⿰⺼⿱⺍凶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 985, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29567
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2082, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8133

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Japanese

Shinjitai	脳
Kyūjitai	腦

Kanji

脳

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 腦)

1. brain

Readings

• Go-on: のう (nō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: どう (dō)
• Kun: なずき (nazuki)^{←なづき (naduki, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 脳(のう)幹(かん) (nōkan): brain stem
• 脳(のう)漿(しょう) (nōshō): cerebrospinal fluid; brains
• 脳(のう)症(しょう) (nōshō): encephalopathy

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
脳
なずき Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
腦 (kyūjitai) 髄

脳 (nō, nazuki): a brain in a jar.

/naduki/ → /nad͡zuki/ → /nazuki/

Originally the noun stem form naduki of verb 漬く (naduku, modern nazuku, “to be immersed in water or other liquid”).

Noun

1. (archaic, anatomy) the brain
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 68:

     髄脳 上須年 下奈豆技

     髄 and 脳, the former is <sune₁> (すね (“shin”)), the latter is <naduki₁> (なづき (“brain”)).

2. by extension, the head

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
脳
のう Grade: 6
goon

Alternative spelling
腦 (kyūjitai)

/nau/ → /nɔː/ → /noː/

From Middle Chinese 腦 (nɑ̌u, “brain”).

Noun

1. (anatomy) brain
2. (figurative) one's brains, one's mental functioning

   あの野(や)郎(ろう)は生(う)まれつき脳(のう)が弱(よわ)い。

   Ano yarō wa umaretsuki nō ga yowai.

   That guy was born [with weak brains] → dim-witted.