憋尿
biē​niào

hold urine

憋 biē to suppress inner feelings

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
敝
敝 Sound component
bì worn out

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangped
pʰed
peːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

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