Chinese symbol for “moronic”

脑残

nǎo cán

Traditional: 腦殘

moronic; brainless; bonehead; retard

The closest CC-CEDICT match for moronic is 脑残 (nǎo cán), defined as: moronic; brainless; bonehead; retard.

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Characters and stroke order

脑 nǎo

brain

radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

残 cán

to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, inc

radical 78 ⽍ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脑残.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
电脑 (電腦)	diàn nǎo	computer; 台 (tái)
脑袋 (腦袋)	nǎo dai	head; skull
大脑 (大腦)	dà nǎo	brain; cerebrum
头脑 (頭腦)	tóu nǎo	brains; mind
脑子 (腦子)	nǎo zi	brains; mind
首脑 (首腦)	shǒu nǎo	head (of state); summit (meeting)
残酷 (殘酷)	cán kù	cruel; harsh; merciless
残忍 (殘忍)	cán rěn	cruel; merciless; ruthless

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.