뇌

Korean

Etymology 1

뇌뇍뇎뇏뇐뇑뇒 뇓뇔뇕뇖뇗뇘뇙 뇚뇛뇜뇝뇞뇟뇠 뇡뇢뇣뇤뇥뇦뇧
놰 ←	→ 뇨

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nwe̞] ~ [nø̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [눼/뇌]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	noe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	noe
McCune–Reischauer?	noe
Yale Romanization?	noy

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 뇌 • (noe)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄴ and ㅚ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 腦 (“brain”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nwe̞(ː)] ~ [nø̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [눼(ː)/뇌(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	noe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	noe
McCune–Reischauer?	noe
Yale Romanization?	nōy

Noun

뇌 • (noe) (hanja 腦)

1. brain

Synonyms

• 머릿골 (meoritgol) (native Korean)
• 두뇌 (頭腦, dunoe) (Sino Korean)
• 뇌수 (腦髓, noesu) (Sino Korean)
• 수뇌 (髓腦, sunoe) (Sino Korean)

Derived terms

• 간뇌 (間腦, gannoe)
• 뇌경색 (腦梗塞, noegyeongsaek)
• 뇌리 (腦裡, noeri)
• 뇌막 (腦膜, noemak)
• 뇌사자 (腦死者, noesaja)
• 뇌신경 (腦神經, noesin'gyeong)
• 뇌염 (腦炎, noeyeom)
• 뇌종양 (腦腫瘍, noejong'yang)
• 뇌진탕 (腦震蕩, noejintang)
• 뇌척수 (腦脊髓, noecheoksu)
• 뇌척수막 (腦脊髓膜, noecheoksumak)
• 뇌척수액 (腦脊髓液, noecheoksuaek)
• 뇌파 (腦波, noepa)
• 뇌하수체 (腦下垂體, noehasuche)
• 뇌혈관 (腦血管, noehyeolgwan)
• 뇌회 (腦回, noehoe)
• 대뇌 (大腦, daenoe)
• 대뇌반구 (大腦半球, daenoeban'gu)
• 두뇌 (頭腦, dunoe)
• 세뇌 (洗腦, senoe)
• 수뇌 (首腦, sunoe)
• 수뇌부 (首腦部, sunoebu)
• 장뇌 (樟腦, jangnoe)
• 후뇌 (嗅腦, hunoe)

 

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 惱 (“anger”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nwe̞(ː)] ~ [nø̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [눼(ː)/뇌(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	noe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	noe
McCune–Reischauer?	noe
Yale Romanization?	nōy

Noun

뇌 • (noe) (hanja 惱)

1. (only used in compounds) mental suffering

Derived terms

• 고뇌 (苦惱, gonoe, “distress”)
• 번뇌 (煩惱, beonnoe, “agony”)

 

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

뇌 (noe)

1. 腦: brain

   (eumhun reading: 머리 뇌 (meori noe))
   (MC reading: 腦 (MC nawX|nawH))

2. 惱: to agonize

   (eumhun reading: 괴로워할 뇌 (goerowohal noe))
   (MC reading: 惱 (MC nawX))

3. 餒:

   (MC reading: 餒 (MC nwojX))

4. 匘:

   (MC reading: 匘)

5. 脳: Alternative form of 腦

   (MC reading: 脳)

6. 悩: Alternative form of 惱

   (MC reading: 悩)

Etymology 5

South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally 뢰 (roe).

Syllable

뇌 (noe)

1. (South Korea) 雷:

   (MC reading: 雷 (MC lwoj))

2. (South Korea) 賴:

   (MC reading: 賴 (MC lajH))

3. (South Korea) 瀨:

   (MC reading: 瀨 (MC lajH))

4. (South Korea) 儡:

   (MC reading: 儡 (MC lwoj|lwojX))

5. (South Korea) 牢:

   (MC reading: 牢 (MC law))

6. (South Korea) 磊:

   (MC reading: 磊 (MC lwojX))

7. (South Korea) 賂:

   (MC reading: 賂 (MC luH))

8. (South Korea) 賚:

   (MC reading: 賚 (MC lojH))

9. (South Korea) 耒:

   (MC reading: 耒 (MC lwijX|lwojH))

10. (South Korea) 攂:

    (MC reading: 攂 (MC lwojH))

11. (South Korea) 礌:

    (MC reading: 礌)

12. (South Korea) 礧:

    (MC reading: 礧 (MC lwojX|lwojH))

13. (South Korea) 籟:

    (MC reading: 籟 (MC lajH))

14. (South Korea) 纇:

    (MC reading: 纇 (MC lwojH))

15. (South Korea) 罍:

    (MC reading: 罍 (MC lwoj))

16. (South Korea) 蕾:

    (MC reading: 蕾 (MC lwojX))

17. (South Korea) 誄:

    (MC reading: 誄 (MC lwijX))

18. (South Korea) 酹:

    (MC reading: 酹 (MC lwajH|lwojH))

19. (South Korea) 頼: Alternative form of 賴

    (MC reading: 頼)

20. (South Korea) 瀬:

    (MC reading: 瀬)

21. (South Korea) 顂:

    (MC reading: 顂)

Alternative forms

• 뢰 (roe) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

Usage notes

In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 뢰 (roe) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from 뢰 (roe) to 뇌 (noe) is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]