泌
ooze, flow, soak in, penetrate, secrete
Readings
On'yomi
- ヒツ
- ヒ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
泌 centers on a liquid moving slowly and spreading: oozing, flowing, soaking in, or penetrating. The secretion sense is a natural extension of a fluid being released and absorbed.
Most common words using 泌
20 of 28- 分泌ぶんぴつN1
secretion
- 泌尿器ひにょうき
urinary organs
- 内分泌ないぶんぴつ
endocrine
- 内分泌学ないぶんぴつがく
endocrinology
- 内分泌攪乱物質ないぶんぴつかくらんぶっしつ
endocrine disruptor; endocrine disrupting-chemicals
- 内分泌腺ないぶんぴつせん
endocrine gland
- 分泌性下痢ぶんぴつせいげり
secretory diarrhea
- 分泌液ぶんぴつえき
secretion
- 分泌物ぶんぴつぶつ
secretion
- 分泌腺ぶんぴつせん
secretory gland
- 唾液分泌だえきぶんぴつ
salivation; secretion of saliva
- 外分泌がいぶんぴつ
external secretion
- 外分泌腺がいぶんぴつせん
exocrine gland
- 日本小児内分泌学会にっぽんしょうにないぶんぴつがっかい
Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology
- 日本比較内分泌学会にっぽんひかくないぶんぴつがっかい
Japan Society for Comparative Endocrinology; JSCE
- 泌乳ひつにゅう
lactation
- 泌乳量ひつにゅうりょう
milk yield
- 泌尿ひにょう
urination
- 泌尿器学会ひにょうきがっかい
American Urology Association
- 泌尿器科ひにょうきか
urology
Study
Etymology
泌 combines 氵 (water) with 必, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something being forced or pressed out, as in secretion or oozing.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 beside 必, which looks like a heart with a slash, suggests a liquid being pressed out drop by drop. Imagine water oozing from a squeezed heart.
Reading mnemonic
For ヒツ, picture a drop of water hitting a hot surface with a hiss: hits -> ヒツ, as the liquid oozes and evaporates.