尿 means “urine”

にょう · nyou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ゆばり, いばり, しと

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ニョウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 7 strokes

The story

A body (尸) with water (水) coming out below: about as plain as a kanji gets. 尿 is urine, the 尿検査 at every Japanese health checkup, and 糖尿病, diabetes, is literally "sugar urine disease".

Used in 尿 (nyou, urine), 糖尿病 (tounyoubyou, diabetes), and 尿検査 (nyoukensa, urine test)

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• 吐 vomit
• 痕 scar
• 痢 diarrhea
• 腫 swell
• 痘 pox
• 瘍 ulcer
• 唾 saliva
• 梗 blockage
• 痩 get thin
• 健 healthy
• 康 ease
• 傷 wound

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.