尿
urine
Readings
On'yomi
- ニョウ
Kun'yomi
- ゆばり
- いばり
- しと
Meaning
尿 centers on the bodily waste liquid: urine.
Most common words using 尿
20 of 117- 尿にょうN1
urine
- 糖尿とうにょう
glycosuria; glucosuria; urine sugar
- 尿道にょうどう
urethra
- 放尿ほうにょう
urination
- 泌尿器ひにょうき
urinary organs
- 利尿りにょう
diuresis
- 排尿はいにょう
urination; micturition
- 尿意にょうい
urge to urinate
- 糞尿ふんにょう
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
- 尿素にょうそ
urea; carbamide
- 血尿けつにょう
bloody urine; hematuria; haematuria
- 採尿さいにょう
urine sampling; urine collection
- 尿瓶しびん
urine bottle; (urinary) bedpan; chamber pot (esp. medical); urinal
- し尿しにょうN1
excreta; raw sewage; human waste; night soil
- 検尿けんにょう
urinalysis
- 糖尿病とうにょうびょう
diabetes; diabetes mellitus
- 尿酸にょうさん
uric acid
- 1型糖尿病いちがたとうにょうびょう
type 1 diabetes; juvenile diabetes
- 2型糖尿病にがたとうにょうびょう
type 2 diabetes; adult-onset diabetes
- アルカプトン尿症アルカプトンにょうしょう
alkaptonuria; alcaptonuria
Study
Etymology
尿 combines 尸 (a body or corpse) with 水 (water), suggesting bodily water or liquid waste. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component combination clearly points to urine.
Meaning mnemonic
Under the body (尸), water (水) is released: that's urine.
Reading mnemonic
For ニョウ, imagine a new (ニュー) baby needing a diaper change: new -> ニュー, which sounds like ニョウ, and the diaper is full of urine.