Read Edit View history 腦 nǎo brain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 𡿺 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas nǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 脑 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 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 腦 Simp strokes 腦 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 腦 Simp strokes 腦 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 腦 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 146, 740 ], [ 179, 715 ], [ 187, 698 ], [ 193, 503 ], [ 181, 358 ], [ 161, 258 ], [ 137, 185 ], [ 82, 68 ], [ 50, 22 ] ], [ [ 209, 735 ], [ 218, 727 ], [ 238, 725 ], [ 284, 740 ], [ 317, 742 ], [ 346, 721 ], [ 351, 711 ], [ 346, 633 ], [ 345, 121 ], [ 325, 80 ], [ 238, 113 ] ], [ [ 223, 530 ], [ 233, 544 ], [ 271, 548 ], [ 292, 542 ] ], [ [ 211, 369 ], [ 232, 387 ], [ 263, 388 ], [ 287, 381 ] ], [ [ 496, 790 ], [ 513, 781 ], [ 530, 749 ], [ 499, 678 ], [ 461, 619 ], [ 447, 580 ], [ 511, 523 ], [ 516, 497 ] ], [ [ 637, 802 ], [ 659, 786 ], [ 670, 761 ], [ 589, 602 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