Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: brain, memory

Kunyomi: のうずる

Onyomi: ノウ ドウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(のう)   brain

髄(のうずい)   brain

炎(のうえん)   brain inflammation

死(のうし)   brain death

裏(のうり)   one's mind

細胞(のうさいぼう)   brain cell

卒中(のうそっちゅう)   stroke, cerebral hemorrhage

(だいのう)   cerebrum

(しょうのう)   cerebellum

(ずのう)   head, brains, intellect

(しゅのう)   head, brains

する(せんのうする)   brainwash

Onyomi Examples

ノウ brain, brains, mind

ノウシ brain death

ダイノウ cerebrum

センノウ brainwashing