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Chinese symbol for “pons”

脑桥
nǎo qiáo
Traditional: 腦橋
(anatomy) pons

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pons is 脑桥 (nǎo qiáo), defined as: (anatomy) pons.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

脑 nǎo
brain
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
桥 qiáo
bridge; beam, crosspiece
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pons”

WordPinyinMeaning
桥脑 (橋腦)qiáo nǎo(anatomy) pons

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脑桥.

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)
桥梁 (橋梁)qiáo liángbridge (lit. and fig.)
天桥 (天橋)tiān qiáooverhead walkway; pedestrian bridge

See also: Japanese symbol for “pons”.

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.