尿

Translingual

Han character

尿 (radical 44 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸水 (SE), four-corner 7723₂, composition ⿸尸水)

1. urine
2. urinate

References

• KangXi: page 300, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7651
• Dae Jaweon: page 596, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 966, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5C3F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

尿 (jyutping niu6, seoi1, Yale niu6, seui1)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Compound of yu (“warm water”) and the nominalization of the verb mar- (“excrete”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jumari/

Noun

尿 (hiragana ゆまり, romaji yumari)

1. urine

Etymology 2

From yumari (“id”). Bilabial nasal /m/ looses nasality becoming /b/.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jubari/

Noun

尿 (hiragana ゆばり, romaji yubari)

1. urine

Etymology 3

From yubari (“id”). Inital /yu/ > */yi/ > /i/.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ibari/

Noun

尿 (hiragana いばり, romaji ibari)

1. urine

Etymology 4

From yubari (“id”), with the initial /yu/ dropping off.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bari/

Noun

尿 (hiragana ばり, romaji bari)

1. urine

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕito/

Noun

尿 (hiragana しと, romaji shito)

1. urine

Etymology 6

Cognate with shito (“id”) and shii (“id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕiɕi/

Noun

尿 (hiragana しし, romaji shishi)

1. urine

Etymology 7

Cognate with shito (“id”) and shishi (“id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕiː/

Noun

尿 (hiragana しい, romaji shii)

1. urine

Etymology 8

/neu/ > [njoː].

Pronunciation

• IPA: /njoː/

Noun

尿 (hiragana にょう, romaji nyō, historical hiragana ねう)

1. urine

Etymology 9

Kanji

尿 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: にょう (nyō)
• Kun: いばり (ibari)

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Korean

Hanja

尿 (hangeul 뇨, revised nyo, McCune-Reischauer nyo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

尿 (pinyin niào (niao4), suī (sui1), Wade-Giles niao⁴, sui¹)

Compounds

• 尿嘧啶

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Vietnamese

Han character

尿 (niếu, niệu)