脳 – brain, memory

11 strokesTaught in grade 6#459 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 脳 means brain, memory. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ノウ、ドウ (nou, dou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is のうずる (nouzuru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ノウ	nou
On’yomi	ドウ	dou
Kun’yomi	のうずる	nouzuru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・尚・凵.

Words using 脳

脳のうbrain頭脳ずのうhead首脳しゅのうhead

Example sentences

その男は自分の脳を撃ち抜いた。

The man blew out his own brains.

Tatoeba #208042

二人の頭脳は一人の頭脳に勝る。

Two heads are better than one.

Tatoeba #123082

７カ国の首脳がその会議に出席した。

The top leaders of seven countries attended the meeting.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨腰

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.