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nǎo

brain

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Variant of 腦. Depicts a figure (夒) holding an axe (戌) behind their back. Original meaning unclear.

Components

匕 Iconic component

Depicts a figure.

◎ Iconic component

Depicts a figure's eye.

戌 Iconic component

Depicts an axe. Here turned upside-down. Modern form looks like 囟.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 戌 than it was in ancient scripts.

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	nuːʔ

《說文》：“匘，頭也。从匕，匕，相匕著也。巛象髮，囟象匘形。”