樟脑

樟腦

zhāngnǎo

noun #41,352

Meanings

1 camphor

Characters

essence; extract

Examples

衣柜里放几颗樟脑丸防虫。

Yīguì lǐ fàng jǐ kē zhāngnǎo wán fáng chóng.

Put a few mothballs in the wardrobe to keep moths away.

这种药膏含有樟脑成分。

Zhèzhǒng yàogāo hányǒu zhāngnǎo chéngfèn.

This ointment contains camphor.

Tips

memory

樟 is the camphor tree (camphor laurel) and 脑 here means 'essence/extract' rather than 'brain' — the same usage you see in 薄荷脑 (menthol). So 樟脑 = 'camphor-tree extract.'

Stroke Order

樟 zhāng

脑 nǎo