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Chinese symbol for “encephalopathy”

脑病
nǎo bìng
Traditional: 腦病
brain disease; encephalopathy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for encephalopathy is 脑病 (nǎo bìng), defined as: brain disease; encephalopathy.

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Characters and stroke order

脑 nǎo
brain
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
病 bìng
sickness, illness, disease
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脑病.

WordPinyinMeaning
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
脑袋 (腦袋)nǎo daihead; skull
大脑 (大腦)dà nǎobrain; cerebrum
头脑 (頭腦)tóu nǎobrains; mind
脑子 (腦子)nǎo zibrains; mind
首脑 (首腦)shǒu nǎohead (of state); summit (meeting)
病毒bìng dúvirus
疾病jí bìngdisease; sickness; ailment

See also: Japanese symbol for “encephalopathy”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.