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尿 means 'urine'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 1748   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 86 words   Used in 8 names   Not used as a component
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 尿 - click the badge to download
Find out why a novel and a memoir contain 尿 in their titles. Discover how Edo-era people repurposed excrement for a profit. Learn to say that you want to urinate, and find out how to discuss problems such as frequent urination. Also see why the Japanese are extra-aware of uric acid levels and albumin and why the Japanese word for "albumin" contains characters for "egg white."
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⿸  尸 corpse  水 water  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 尿 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 尿 is used 80 times, read 1 way.
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に ょ う 1
noun
urine  (しい,しし, and しと are primarily children's words)
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An additional 6 less common words include 尿 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1675  Joy o' Kanji : 1675  Key to Kanji: - 

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尿
ニョウ    urine   
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尸
corpse
水
スイ   みず water   
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