Memory phrase for the character: 脳


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Meaning

brain

Pronunciation


Explanation

Left: part of body 月/肉, right: light , bad luck/disaster 凶 (empty container 凵 marked with a cross 㐅) Here consider 㐅 as the brain

Mnemonic


 
This body part that shines from a container (= the skull) is: the brain.

Radicals

body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but still has the meaning 'body part'.
sun beams
bad luckThe container 凵 is marked with a cross 㐅 because it contains bad luck.
frame
cross




 Vocabulary

のう  brain, memory
脳梗塞 のうこうそく  cerebral infarction
脳卒中 脳卒中  stroke, cerebral haemorrhage
頭脳 ずのう  head, brains, intellect
首脳 しゅのう  head, brains


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