nǎo

brain

mind; head; essence

flesh (⺼) + fontanelle (囟) = brain

The flesh radical grounds this in the body, while 亠 and 凶 together form 囟, the ancient pictograph of the fontanelle — the soft spot on an infant's skull. The brain lives literally beneath that spot.

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FleshSemantic
Upper part of 囟Semantic
Lower part of 囟Semantic

Words with 脑

苹果电脑

píng guǒ diàn nǎo

Apple computer

针头线脑

zhēn tóu xiàn nǎo

needle and thread

头儿脑儿

tóu r nǎo r

leading figure; bigwig

开脑洞

kāi nǎo dòng

to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas

间脑

jiān nǎo

diencephalon

杂谷脑

zá gǔ nǎo

Zagunao River in Sichuan, tributary of the Min River 岷江[Min2 Jiang1]

电脑

diàn nǎo

computer

电脑断层扫描

diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo

CAT scan

电脑病毒

diàn nǎo bìng dú

computer virus

电脑绘图

diàn nǎo huì tú

computer graphics

电脑语言

diàn nǎo yǔ yán

programming language; computer language

电脑软件

diàn nǎo ruǎn jiàn

computer software

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