尿

音読おんよみ: ニョウ

訓読くんよみ: none*

画数かくすう: 7

部首ぶしゅ: 尸(しかばねだれ)

Meaning

Urine / Pee

  • 尿にょう — urine; pee
  • 尿意にょうい — urge to urinate
  • 尿検査にょうけんさ — urine test; urinalysis
  • 血尿けつにょう — blood in the urine
  • 夜尿やにょう — nighttime bedwetting
  • 排尿はいにょう — urination; passing urine

The kanji 尿 combines the “corpse” or “body” radical with a shape suggesting liquid flowing down. Together it points to liquid coming out of the body — in other words, urine. Today it’s a straightforward medical and technical kanji, used in words for tests, symptoms, and body functions.

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