脳

脳 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月火山大 (BFUK), composition ⿰⺼⿱𭕄凶)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 985, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29567
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2082, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8133

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 腦)

1. brain

• Go-on: のう (nō, Jōyō)^{←なう (nau, historical)}
• Kan-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kun: あたま (atama, 脳)、なずき (nazuki, 脳)^{←なづき (naduki, 脳, historical)}

/nau/ → /nɔː/ → /noː/

From Middle Chinese 腦 (MC nawX).

• (Tokyo) のー [nóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [no̞ː]

脳(のう) • (nō) ^{←なう (nau)?}

1. (anatomy) the brain

   Synonym: 脳髄 (nōzui)

2. (by extension, figurative) one's brains, one's mental functioning

   あの野(や)郎(ろう)は生(う)まれつき脳(のう)が弱(よわ)い。

   Ano yarō wa umaretsuki nō ga yowai.

   That bastard was born [with weak brains] → dim-witted.

• 脳(のう)溢(いっ)血(けつ) (nōikketsu)
• 脳(のう)蓋(がい)骨(こつ) (nōgaikotsu)

脳(のう) • (nō) ^{←なう (nau)?}

1. brain
2. head
3. chief, principal

⟨naduki₁⟩ → */nadukʲi/ → /nad͡zuki/ → /nazuki/

From Old Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 漬く (nazuku, “to be immersed in water (or other liquid)”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): [na̠zɨkʲi]

脳(なずき) • (nazuki) ^{←なづき (naduki)?}

1. (archaic, anatomy) the brain
2. (archaic, by extension) the head