枕叶

枕葉
zhěnyè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 occipital lobe

Examples

HSK 5
Zhěnyè zài dànǎo de hòubù.
The occipital lobe is at the back of the brain.
HSK 6
Zhěnyè zhǔyào fùzé chǔlǐ shìjué xìnxī, suǒyǐ zhèli shòushāng kěnéng yǐngxiǎng shìlì.
The occipital lobe mainly processes what we see, so an injury here can affect eyesight.

Tips

memory
枕 is a pillow, and the occipital lobe sits at the back of the head, the part that rests on it. The bone there is the 枕骨 "occipital bone". The other lobes are 额叶, 顶叶 and 颞叶.

Stroke Order

枕 zhěn
叶 yè