尿

にょう · nyou · JLPT N1 · noun

urine

尿 — urine

尿 — corpse 尸 over water 水
An ideogrammic compound combining 尸 (body, here representing a person) over 水 (water), depicting bodily fluid leaving the body. The character has retained its original meaning of urine since ancient times. The reading suī is a colloquial variant used in some dialects.

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