脳

See also: 腦 and 脑

脳 U+8133, 脳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8133 ← 脲 [U+8132] CJK Unified Ideographs 脴 → [U+8134]

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⿱𭕄凶)

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	脳
Kyūjitai	腦

Kanji

脳

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 腦)

1. brain

Readings

• Go-on: のう (nō, Jōyō)^{←なう (nau, historical)}
• Kan-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kun: あたま (atama, 脳)、なずき (nazuki, 脳)^{←なづき (naduki, 脳, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
脳
のう Grade: 6
goon

Alternative spelling
腦 (kyūjitai)

脳 (nō, nazuki): a brain in a jar.

/nau/ → /nɔː/ → /noː/

From Middle Chinese 腦 (MC nawX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) のー [nóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [no̞ː]

Noun

脳(のう) • (nō) ^{←なう (nau)?}

1. (anatomy) the brain

   Synonym: 脳髄 (nōzui)

2. (by extension, 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 bastard was born [with weak brains] → dim-witted.

Derived terms

• 脳(のう)溢(いっ)血(けつ) (nōikketsu)
• 脳(のう)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) (nōgaikotsu)

Affix

脳(のう) • (nō) ^{←なう (nau)?}

1. brain
2. head
3. chief, principal

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 脳(のう)幹(かん) (nōkan)
• 脳(のう)死(し) (nōshi)
• 脳(のう)漿(しょう) (nōshō)
• 脳(のう)症(しょう) (nōshō)
• 脳(のう)髄(ずい) (nōzui)
• 脳(のう)天(てん) (nōten)
• 脳(のう)膜(まく) (nōmaku)
• 脳(のう)裏(り) (nōri)
• 間(かん)脳(のう) (kannō)
• 首(しゅ)脳(のう) (shunō)
• 小(しょう)脳(のう) (shōnō)
• 頭(ず)脳(のう) (zunō)
• 髄(ずい)脳(のう) (zuinō)
• 洗(せん)脳(のう) (sennō)
• 大(だい)脳(のう) (dainō)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spellings
腦 (kyūjitai) 髄

⟨naduki₁⟩ → */nadukʲi/ → /nad͡zuki/ → /nazuki/

From Old Japanese.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na̠zɨkʲi]

Noun

脳(なずき) • (nazuki) ^{←なづき (naduki)?}

1. (archaic, anatomy) the brain
2. (archaic, by extension) the head