Chinese Character Wiki
尿

niào, suī

urine

Depicts a person leaning over (尸) and passing water (水).

Components
尸 iconic component

尸  Iconic component

shī

  

sitting person

水 iconic component

水  Iconic component

shuǐ

  

water

Evolution

尿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
尿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
尿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
尿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

尿  

niào

urine; urinate; to urinate; CL:泡[pāo]

尿  

suī

see 尿[niào]

Most common words with 尿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尿

urine

糖尿病

diabetes

尿布

diaper

撒尿

to piss

尿道

urethra

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

脲

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

弱

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kə.nˤewk-s

newH

niào

urine


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 21.9125% of movies

1294th most common character in movies

1877th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5C3F

Shuowen

“尿，人小便也。从尾，从水。”


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