脑瘫
nǎo​tān

cerebral palsy

脑 nǎo brain Simplified

Simplified form of 腦. Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

囟
囟 Simplified component
xìn fontanel

Shorthand for the phonetic 𡿺 component in the traditional character 腦.

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Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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瘫 tān paralysis Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 难 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癱.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
难
难 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

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腦 nǎo brain Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

𡿺
𡿺 SoundMeaning component
nǎo brain

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnawXnˤ[u]ʔ brain

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

癱 paralysis Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 難 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
難
難 Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰaːn

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang