Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
Variants:
brain, memory
Kun:
のうずる
On:
ノウドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 脳 【ノウ】 brain, brains, mind
  • 脳死 【ノウシ】 brain death
  • 大脳 【ダイノウ】 cerebrum
  • 洗脳 【センノウ】 brainwashing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nao3
Korean:
noe

Spanish

  • cerebro
  • sesos
  • intelecto

Portuguese

  • cérebro
  • memória

French

  • cerveau
  • mémoire
964 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
954 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
621 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3774 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
927 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
849 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1278 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1352 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1109 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1036 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1227 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
665 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
888 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1953 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29567P Morohashi
975 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4821 New Nelson (John Haig)
1934 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
930 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3975 2001 Kanji
4b7.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
7927.2 Four corner code
7227.2 Four corner code
1-39-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8133 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塞源 【ソクゲン】 blockage of a source
  • 塞栓 【ソクセン】 embolus, abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood
  • 梗塞 【コウソク】 stoppage, blocking, infarction, infarct
  • 閉塞 【ヘイソク】 blockage, blockade, blocking up, stoppage, obstruction, occlusion
  • 塞翁が馬 【サイオウガウマ】 the future is unpredictable, inscrutable are the ways of heaven, the irony of fate
  • 塞外 【サイガイ】 outside a fort, outside the Great Wall of China
  • 防塞 【ボウサイ】 fort, defensive position
  • 城塞 【ジョウサイ】 fortress, stronghold, citadel

Kun reading compounds

  • 塞ぐ 【ふさぐ】 to stop up, to close up, to block (up), to plug up, to shut up, to cover (ears, eyes, etc.), to close (eyes, mouth), to stand in the way, to obstruct, to occupy, to fill up, to take up, to perform one's role, to do one's duty, to feel depressed, to be in low spirits, to mope

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sai1, sai4, se4
Korean:
sae, saeg

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1324 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
465 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2924 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2033 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
5349 Morohashi
2330 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1069 New Nelson (John Haig)
2214 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1646 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
772 2001 Kanji
3m10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
3010.4 Four corner code
1-26-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
585e Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
plug, bolt, cork, bung, stopper
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2199 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 栓 【セン】 stopper, cork, plug, bung, tap, faucet, stopcock
  • 栓抜き 【センヌキ】 bottle opener, corkscrew
  • 脳血栓 【ノウケッセン】 cerebral thrombosis
  • 血栓 【ケッセン】 thrombus, blood clot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shuan1
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • tapón
  • perno
  • corcho
  • espita

Portuguese

  • Rolha
  • tampa
  • tampão
  • cortiça

French

  • bouchon
  • bonde
  • robinet
1493 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1933 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2247 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1428 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1842 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1993 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1531 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1094 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1171 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
634 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
845 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
270 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14689X Morohashi
934 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2649 New Nelson (John Haig)
264 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
282 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1351 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1872 2001 Kanji
4a6.26 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4891.4 Four corner code
1-32-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6813 Unicode hex code