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大脑

dànǎo

brain

A brain on a cushion
Memory picture

Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

Example phrases

  • 大脑需要休息。 Dànǎo xūyào xiūxi. The brain needs rest.
  • 他的大脑很快。 Tā de dànǎo hěn kuài. His brain works very fast.
  • 大脑在学习。 Dànǎo zài xuéxí. The brain is learning.

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