尿(niào)

HSK 7-97 strokes
Readingsniàosuī

to urinate

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
niào / suī
Meaning
to urinate; urine; CL:泡[pao1]
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 尿 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸尸水

A person, crouched 尸 passing water 水

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 尿 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 尿

Common words using 尿 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

HSK 7-9

diabetes; diabetes mellitus

Open 糖尿病 page →
niào尿

to promote urination; diuresis

Open 利尿 page →
dǎoniào尿

to insert a urinary catheter

Open 导尿 page →
niào尿niào尿

to pee

Open 尿尿 page →
niào尿chuáng

to wet the bed

Open 尿床 page →
niào尿

urinary urgency

Open 尿急 page →
niào尿

an urge to urinate

Open 尿意 page →

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