Memory phrase for the Kanji: 脳

脳

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Meaning

brain

Pronunciation

 NŌ

Explanation

 Left: part of body 月/肉, right: light , bad luck/desaster 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

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

 脳梗塞  のうこうそく  cerebral infarction
 脳  のう  brain, memory
 頭脳  ずのう  head/brains/intellect
 首脳  しゅのう  head/brains

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