King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Japanese symbol for “eeg”

Romaji: nouha
brain waves

In Japanese, eeg is , read (nouha).

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Meanings

  1. n brain waves
  2. n electroencephalogram; EEG (med)

Kanji and stroke order

brain, memory
on: ノウ、ドウ
kun: のうずる
11 strokes · JLPT 2
waves, billows, Poland
on: ハ
kun: なみ
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “eeg”

WordReadingMeaning
のうはけい nouhakeielectroencephalograph; EEG

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しゅのう shunouhead; leader; top
ずのう zunouhead; brains
のうし noushibrain death
せんのう sennoubrainwashing
だいのう dainoucerebrum
のうそっちゅう nousotchuustroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
でんぱ denparadio wave; reception; signal
つなみ tsunamitsunami; tidal wave

See also: Chinese symbol for “eeg”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.