• 645th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 70 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.
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Example Words

High Frequency

大脑 (大腦)
 ()
脑子 (腦子)
脑袋 (腦袋)
电脑 (電腦)

Medium Frequency

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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  • 2817th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 7 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tān (tan1)paralyzed

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for tān (tan1)The component is pronounced as 'nán' (nan2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for tān (tan1)The component is pronounced as 'nàn' (nan4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

瘫痪 (癱瘓)

Medium Frequency

偏瘫 (偏癱)
 ()
脑瘫 (腦癱)
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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.
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