脳

See also: 腦 and 脑
脳 U+8133, 脳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8133
← 脲
[U+8132] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 脴 →
[U+8134]

Translingual

Traditional 腦
Shinjitai 脳
Simplified 脑

Han character

脳 (radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月火山大 (BFUK), composition ⿰⺼⿱⺍凶)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 985, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29567
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 2082, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8133

Japanese

Shinjitai

 脳

Kyūjitai

 腦

Kanji

脳

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 腦)

  1. brain

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

脳 (nazuki, nō): a brain in a jar.
Kanji in this term
脳
なずき
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

/naduki/ → /nad͡zuki/ → /nazuki/

Originally the noun stem form naduki of verb 漬く (naduku, modern nazuku, “to be immersed in water or other liquid”).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

脳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 腦, hiragana なずき, rōmaji nazuki, historical hiragana なづき)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) the brain
  2. by extension, the head

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
脳
のう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

/nau/ → /nɔː/ → /noː/

From Middle Chinese 腦 (nɑ̌u, “brain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

脳 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 腦, hiragana のう, rōmaji nō, historical hiragana なう)

  1. (anatomy) brain
  2. (figuratively) one's brains, one's mental functioning
    あの野 (や)郎 (ろう)は生 (う)まれつき脳 (のう)が弱 (よわ)い。
    Ano yarō wa umaretsuki nō ga yowai.
    That guy was born [with weak brains] → dim-witted.

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), →ISBN.
  3. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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