泌

音読おんよみ: ヒツ・ヒ

訓読くんよみ: none*

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: 氵(さんずい)

Meaning

Seep / Ooze / Leak out / Secrete

  • 分泌ぶんぴつ — secretion; release of a substance from the body
  • 内分泌ないぶんぴつ — internal secretion; hormones produced inside the body
  • 泌尿器ひにょうき — urinary organs
  • 泌尿器科ひにょうきか — urology department in a hospital

On the left, the radical shows water or liquid. On the right, the sound part hints at the reading ヒツ and suggests something that must come out little by little. Together, is used for liquids that seep, ooze, or are secreted, especially inside the body.

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