TSUMUGU · TOCFL A1 (est.) · 字
尿
尿 ＝ 尸 ＋ 水
ㄋㄧㄠˋ · niào
noun — urine; verb — to urinate
字源 FORM — what the parts do
尸義a body, bent at the waist
A bent body (尸) with water (水) passing out below — the picture of a person making water. The whole graph names urine and the act of it: 尿液、撒尿.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
身子（尸）一彎，底下水（水）就下來了。
The body (尸) bends, and the water (水) comes down below.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)尿— urine常用
→撒尿— to urinate
⇒尿液— urine (the fluid)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension