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nǎosuǐ

brain

nǎo brain Simplified

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

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

囟 Simplified component

xìn fontanel

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

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

suǐ bone marrow

Components

骨 Meaning component

gǔ, gú bone

bone

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjweX	s-lojʔ	marrow
Zhengzhang		slolʔ
Unicode	siuɛ̌

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

nǎo brain Traditional

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

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

𡿺 Sound Meaning component

nǎo brain

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nawX	nˤ[u]ʔ	brain

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart