Read Edit View history 脑 nǎo HSK1 brain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 腦. Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas nǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 腦 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint ⺼ is a component form of 肉. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 脑 Simp strokes 脑 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the phonetic 𡿺 component in the traditional character 腦. 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184 Q 535 247 539 312 Q 543 337 532 350 Q 516 368 491 380 Q 479 386 469 383 Q 459 379 467 359 Q 497 296 489 232 Q 485 171 460 144 Q 441 126 449 112 Q 461 96 478 85 Q 491 78 502 86 Q 535 125 729 159 Q 807 172 828 168 C 858 167 857 210 827 207 Z", "M 828 168 Q 832 146 842 128 Q 852 112 864 124 Q 888 148 891 236 Q 903 330 913 349 Q 922 365 911 378 Q 890 394 857 413 Q 844 420 832 413 Q 825 409 827 396 Q 854 357 835 230 Q 832 218 828 208 Q 827 208 827 207 C 822 196 822 196 828 168 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.