脳

音読おんよみ: ノウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: にくづき(⺼)

Meaning

Brain / Mind / Intellect

  • 脳死のうし — brain death
  • 脳卒中のうそっちゅう — stroke
  • 頭脳ずのう — intellect / brainpower
  • 小脳しょうのう — cerebellum
  • 大脳だいのう — cerebrum

脳 uses the body radical ⺼ on the left (for organs/body parts). The right side supplies sound/meaning linked to the head and thought, pointing to both the brain’s physical organ and mental function.

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