尿
niàosuī HSK7

urine

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

Components

尸
尸 Iconic component
水
水 Iconic component

Character Evolution

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

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
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)