brain; mind; intellect (脑筋, 头脑); head (脑袋)
脑 is the brain — thinking, memory, and by extension your head.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
Faithful written-shape decomposition: the flesh-side 月 beside the right-side group, whose top is written as a dot over a horizontal and whose lower piece is the closed-box 凶 variant. ZDIC: 形声, left as the meaning side; the upper part is represented by its written strokes, and variant/closure approximations are labeled.
WHOLE CHARACTER
brain; mind; intellect (脑筋, 头脑); head (脑袋)
脑 is the brain — thinking, memory, and by extension your head.
Faithful written-shape decomposition: the flesh-side 月 beside the right-side group, whose top is written as a dot over a horizontal and whose lower piece is the closed-box 凶 variant. ZDIC: 形声, left as the meaning side; the upper part is represented by its written strokes, and variant/closure approximations are labeled.
MEANING: FLESH/BODY (THE LEFT PIECE)
moon; month
月 can be the moon/month source or a flesh-related form in other characters; the distinction is stated where relevant.
In 脑: meaning: flesh/body (the left piece) The 月 here is the flesh form, not the moon.
RIGHT-SIDE GROUP (DOT-OVER-HORIZONTAL TOP; CLOSED-BOX 凶 LOWER)
Notice this part of the shape; it is not taught as a separate word in this lesson.
In 脑: right-side group (dot-over-horizontal top; closed-box 凶 lower) Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
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