尿

Derived characters

 * (also its variant form)

Glyph origin
in the oracle bone script. In the seal script, it became an. later simplified into.

Etymology 1
Related to 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) urine
 * 2) to urinate; to pee
 * 3)  to pay attention to someone
 * 4)  to yield to; to give up; to admit defeat
 * 5)  to fear; to be afraid of (the other party in a fight)
 * 6)  to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be cowardly
 * 7)  courage; guts
 * 8)  smug; cocky; pleased with oneself

Definitions

 * 1)  urine
 * 2)  to urinate; to pee
 * 3)  bad; spineless; poor; damned
 * 4)  to fail; to break down
 * 5)  ugly; plain-looking
 * 6)  wantonly; arbitrarily; carelessly

Kanji

 * 1) urine

Etymology 1
Compound of, the

First cited to the  of 720.

Noun

 * 1)   urine

Etymology 2
→

From. Bilabial nasal loses nasality, becoming. Likely due to lexicalization of the term, and a loss of awareness of the origins of the mari portion.

First cited to the  of roughly 934.

Noun

 * 1)  urine

Etymology 3
→ → * →

Shift from.

Appears in a text from roughly 950.

Noun

 * 1)  urine

Etymology 4
Shortening of yubari  or ibari.

First cited to the early 1300s.

Noun

 * 1)  urine

Etymology 5
. Possibly onomatopoeia.

First cited to the  of roughly 999.

Noun

 * 1)   urine

Etymology 6
From baby talk, as a reduplication of the initial shi- in shito.

First cited to a text from the late (late 1500s).

Noun

 * 1)   urine

Etymology 7
→ →

From baby talk. From shito, formed by dropping the second syllable and lengthening the vowel.

→ →

Alternatively, from shishi, formed by lengthening the vowel and dropping the second syllable.

First cited to a text from the late 1700s.

Noun

 * 1)   urine

Etymology 8
→

Ultimately from.

First cited to a text from 1275.

Noun

 * 1)  urine

Etymology
From.