nǎo 🔊 brain 9 strokes Not a word of its own: a part other characters are built from. Meanings nǎo brain Its parts 巛 chuān old variant of 川[chuan1] = + + 囟 xìn fontanel (gap between the bones of an… In other characters Gives the sound in 瑙 nǎo碯 nǎo Also in 匘 nǎo