腦

See also: 脳 and 脑

Translingual

Traditional	腦
Shinjitai	脳
Simplified	脑

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
腦	*nuːʔ, *nuːs
惱	*nuːʔ
瑙	*nuːʔ
匘	*nuːʔ
碯	*nuːʔ
硇	*rnuː
𣳦	*rnuː

Originally 匘, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 匕 + 巛 (“hair”) + 囟 (“head; fontanel”). 匕 was later replaced with 肉 (“flesh”).

Etymology 1

trad.		腦
simp.		脑
alternative forms		匘

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 腦

1. (anatomy) brain (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
2. head
3. brains; mind

   唔使用腦諗／唔使用脑谂 [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. brain-like object or substance

   豆腐腦／豆腐脑  ―  dòufunǎo  ―  tofu pudding

7. (Chinese) Short for 電腦／电脑 (diànnǎo, “computer”). (Classifier: 部 c)

Etymology 2

trad.		腦
simp.		脑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nào (nao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nào
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nào
    • Wade–Giles: nao⁴
    • Yale: nàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naw
    • Palladius: нао (nao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nawH

Rime
Character	腦
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	那到切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腦
Reading #	2/2
No.	9375
Phonetic component	匘
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	腝
Old Chinese	/*nuːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 腦

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Japanese

Shinjitai	脳
Kyūjitai	腦

Kanji

腦

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 脳)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): のう (nō)、どう (dō)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
腦

Noun

腦 • (noe) (hangeul 뇌)

1. hanja form^? of 뇌 (“brain”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
腦

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 腦 (não)

Noun

腦

1. chữ Hán form of não (“brain”).