脑 nǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脑子
nǎozi
mind
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我脑子乱了。 Wǒ nǎozi luàn le. My mind is all mixed up.
- 他脑子很好。 Tā nǎozi hěn hǎo. He has a very good mind.
- 别伤脑子。 Bié shāng nǎozi. Do not strain your mind.