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脑袋

nǎodai

head

A head above a collar
Memory picture

Characters in this word

脑 nǎo

Strokes
10
Radical
⺼ — meat, flesh
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 脑

袋 dài

Strokes
11
Radical
衣 — cloth
Made of
代 era, generation 衣 cloth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我脑袋疼。 Wǒ nǎodai téng. My head aches.
  • 他脑袋大。 Tā nǎodai dà. He has a big head.
  • 别摸脑袋。 Bié mō nǎodai. Do not touch the head.

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