Chinese symbol for “thalamus”
丘脑
qiū nǎo
Traditional: 丘腦
thalamus
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thalamus is 丘脑 (qiū nǎo), defined as: thalamus.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丘脑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丘陵 | qiū líng | hills |
| 山丘 | shān qiū | hill |
| 沙丘 | shā qiū | sand dune; sandy hill |
| 比丘 | bǐ qiū | Buddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu") |
| 小丘 | xiǎo qiū | hill; knoll |
| 丘疹 | qiū zhěn | pimple |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
| 脑袋 (腦袋) | nǎo dai | head; skull |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thalamus”.
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.