腦 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. あたま。動物の神経系を統御する器官。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声、「肉」+音符「𡿺」。「あたま」、殊に「神経系を統御する器官」を意味する漢語｛腦｝を表す字。音符の「𡿺」は、「夒」の特殊な形の略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

brain, memory

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ノウ
• ドウ

Kun (native)

• のうずる

Other languages

• 拼音nao3
• 한글noe
• Hán-ViệtNão

infoBasics

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

肉(にく)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+8166

grid_viewComponents

• 囗くにがまえ
• 巛かわ
• 月つき

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰月𡿺

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 匘One part differs
• 惱One part differs
• 瑙One part differs
• 碯One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 脳Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-4-9

Four Corner

7226.3

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4b7.7

Nelson

3789