13 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

brain, memory

Kun'yomi
  • のうずる
On'yomi
  • ノウ
  • ドウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

brain, memory
ノウ ドウ のうずる (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
brain(腦) variant
curving river radical (no.47)
セン かわ (Kentei 1)
ku radical
river
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
cruel, unfortunate, sad
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
villain, evil, bad luck
キョウ (7th, N1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)

Common Words

monkey brain (eaten as a delicacy, medicine, etc.)
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References

Unicode hex code 8166
JIS X 0208 1-71-10
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3789
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4839
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1038
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1313
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 29681
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4b7.7
Four corner code 7226.3