尿检
niào​jiǎn

urinalysis

尿 niào urine

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

Components

尸
尸 Iconic component
shī sitting person
水
水 Iconic component
shuǐ water

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

弱

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

脲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnewHkə.nˤewk-s urine

說文解字

《說文》：“尿，人小便也。从尾，从水。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
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Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

检 jiǎn inspect Simplified

Original meaning: label on a book

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檢. Based on the original meaning "label on a book". The meaning later shifted to "arrange" and "examine".

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

檢 jiǎn inspect Traditional

Original meaning: label on a book

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "label on a book". The meaning later shifted to "arrange" and "examine".

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
僉
僉 Sound component
together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjemX[k]r[a]mʔ measure (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“檢，書署也。从木，僉聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)