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Japanese symbol for “uti”

Romaji: nyourokansenshou
urinary tract infection; UTI

In Japanese, uti is , read (nyourokansenshou).

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Meanings

  1. n urinary tract infection; UTI (med)

Kanji and stroke order

urine
on: ニョウ
kun: ゆばり、いばり、しと
7 strokes · JLPT 1
path, route, road
on: ロ、ル
kun: -じ、みち
13 strokes · JLPT 2
emotion, feeling, sensation
on: カン
13 strokes · JLPT 2
dye, color, paint
on: セン
kun: そ.める、そ.まる、し.みる、し.み
9 strokes · JLPT 1
symptoms, illness
on: ショウ
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ひにょうき hinyoukiurinary organs
りにょう rinyoudiuresis
とうにょう tounyouglycosuria; glucosuria; urine sugar
にょうどう nyoudouurethra
ほうにょう hounyouurination
はいにょう hainyouurination; micturition
どうろ douroroad; highway
ろじょう rojouon the road; on the street; in the street
かんじ kanjifeeling; sense; impression
かんせん kanseninfection; contagion; becoming infected
しょうじょう shoujousymptoms; condition (of a patient)

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.