• 645th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 165 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. nǎo (nao3)brain • mind • head • essence

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

大脑 (大腦)
脑子 (腦子)
脑袋 (腦袋)
电脑 (電腦)

Uncommon

伤脑筋 (傷腦筋)
动脑 (動腦)
动脑筋 (動腦筋)
后脑勺 (後腦勺)
洗脑 (洗腦)
绞尽脑汁 (絞盡腦汁)
脑力 (腦力)
脑后 (腦後)
脑壳 (腦殻)
脑海 (腦海)
脑瘫 (腦癱)
脑筋 (腦筋)
脑胀 (腦脹)
脑门 (腦門)
豆腐脑 (豆腐腦)
电脑网 (電腦網)
头昏脑胀 (頭昏腦脹)
头脑 (頭腦)

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  • 2079th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhàng (zhang4)dropsical • swollen • to swell • to be bloated

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhàng (zhang4)The component is pronounced as 'cháng' (chang2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhàng (zhang4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǎng' (zhang3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

膨胀 (膨脹)
通胀 (通脹)

Uncommon

发胀 (發脹)
脑胀 (腦脹)
肿胀 (腫脹)
通货膨胀 (通貨膨脹)
头昏脑胀 (頭昏腦脹)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.