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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.

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

丘 qiū
mound, hill; surname
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
脑 nǎo
brain
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 丘脑.

WordPinyinMeaning
丘陵qiū línghills
山丘shān qiūhill
沙丘shā qiūsand dune; sandy hill
比丘bǐ qiūBuddhist monk (loanword from Sanskrit "bhiksu")
小丘xiǎo qiūhill; knoll
丘疹qiū zhěnpimple
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
脑袋 (腦袋)nǎo daihead; 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.

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