뇌

Sino-Korean word from 腦 (“brain”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nwe̞(ː)] ~ [nø̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [눼(ː)/뇌(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

뇌 • (noe) (hanja 腦)

1. brain

• 골 (gol) (native Korean)
• 머릿골 (meoritgol) (native Korean)
• 두뇌 (頭腦, dunoe) (Sino Korean)
• 뇌수 (腦髓, noesu) (Sino Korean)
• 수뇌 (髓腦, sunoe) (Sino Korean)

Sino-Korean word from 惱 (“anger”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nwe̞(ː)] ~ [nø̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [눼(ː)/뇌(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

뇌 • (noe) (hanja 惱)

1. (only used in compounds) mental suffering

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

뇌 (noe)

1. 腦: brain

   (eumhun reading: 머리 뇌 (meori noe))
   (MC reading: 腦 (MC nɑu^X, nɑu^H))

2. 惱: to agonize

   (eumhun reading: 괴로워할 뇌 (goerowohal noe))
   (MC reading: 惱 (MC nɑu^X))

3. 餒:

   (MC reading: 餒 (MC nuʌi^X))

4. 匘:

   (MC reading: 匘)

5. 脳: Alternative form of 腦

   (MC reading: 脳)

6. 悩: Alternative form of 惱

   (MC reading: 悩)

South Korean reading of various Chinese characters, originally 뢰 (roe).

뇌 (noe)

1. (South Korea) 雷:

   (MC reading: 雷 (MC luʌi))

2. (South Korea) 賴:

   (MC reading: 賴 (MC lɑi^H))

3. (South Korea) 瀨:

   (MC reading: 瀨 (MC lɑi^H))

4. (South Korea) 儡:

   (MC reading: 儡 (MC luʌi, luʌi^X))

5. (South Korea) 牢:

   (MC reading: 牢 (MC lɑu))

6. (South Korea) 磊:

   (MC reading: 磊 (MC luʌi^X))

7. (South Korea) 賂:

   (MC reading: 賂 (MC luo^H))

8. (South Korea) 賚:

   (MC reading: 賚 (MC lʌi^H))

9. (South Korea) 耒:

   (MC reading: 耒 (MC liuɪ^X, luʌi^H))

10. (South Korea) 攂:

    (MC reading: 攂 (MC luʌi^H))

11. (South Korea) 礌:

    (MC reading: 礌)

12. (South Korea) 礧:

    (MC reading: 礧 (MC luʌi^X, luʌi^H))

13. (South Korea) 籟:

    (MC reading: 籟 (MC lɑi^H))

14. (South Korea) 纇:

    (MC reading: 纇 (MC luʌi^H))

15. (South Korea) 罍:

    (MC reading: 罍 (MC luʌi))

16. (South Korea) 蕾:

    (MC reading: 蕾 (MC luʌi^X))

17. (South Korea) 誄:

    (MC reading: 誄 (MC liuɪ^X))

18. (South Korea) 酹:

    (MC reading: 酹 (MC luɑi^H, luʌi^H))

19. (South Korea) 頼: Alternative form of 賴

    (MC reading: 頼)

20. (South Korea) 瀬:

    (MC reading: 瀬)

21. (South Korea) 顂:

    (MC reading: 顂)

In South Korea, the original Sino-Korean reading 뢰 (roe) is used if the hanja is not part of the first syllable of a Sino-Korean compound word. The change in reading from 뢰 (roe) to 뇌 (noe) is known as 두음 법칙 (頭音法則, dueum beopchik).

• 뢰 (roe) (North Korea, Yanbian dialect)

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).