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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: 月 小 凶

脳

Radical

Radical: 肉

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Reading: にくづき

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Examples

Examples with audio

脳(のう)   brain

脳髄(のうずい)   brain

脳炎(のうえん)   brain inflammation

脳死(のうし)   brain death

脳裏(のうり)   one's mind

脳細胞(のうさいぼう)   brain cell

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

大脳(だいのう)   cerebrum

小脳(しょうのう)   cerebellum

頭脳(ずのう)   head, brains, intellect

首脳(しゅのう)   head, brains

洗脳する(せんのうする)   brainwash

Onyomi Examples

脳 (ノウ) brain, brains, mind

脳死 (ノウシ) brain death

苦悩 (クノウ) (mental) agony, anguish, suffering, distress

大脳 (ダイノウ) cerebrum

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