Memory phrase for the character: 脳

脳

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Meaning

brain

Pronunciation

 NŌ

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

肉 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
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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