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吐

吐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 口内に含んでいる物を出す。
  2. 食べた物を口から出す。もどす。嘔吐する。
  3. 出す。あらわす。
  4. 吐き出した物。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「土」。「はきだす」を意味する漢語｛吐｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

spit, vomit, belch, confess, tell (lies)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トJHS
Kun (native)
  • は(く)JHS
  • つ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音tu3
  • 拼音tu4
  • 한글to
  • Hán-ViệtThổ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5410

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口土

Words using this kanji

  • 吐き気はきけ嘔吐する事を望む状態。 〔比喩的に〕 度を越した嫌悪や不快感。nausea, feeling like throwing up, feeling sick
  • 吐露とろ自分が思っている気持ちなどを包み隠すことなく述べ表すこと。expressing one's mind, speaking out
  • 吐き出すはきだすto vomit, to spit out, to breathe out (e.g. air), to exhale
  • 吐くつくto breathe out, to breathe, to tell (a lie), to use (foul language)
  • 吐くはくto vomit, to throw up, to spit up, to emit
  • 吐血とけつ（主に胃などの消化管から出た）血を吐くこと。vomiting blood, hematemesis
  • 吐息といき落胆したときや緊張が解けたときなどに出る息。溜め息。sigh, long breath
  • 吐乳とにゅう乳児が飲んだ乳を吐くこと。(baby) vomiting up milk
  • 吐剤とざいemetic
  • 吐瀉としゃ食べたものを嘔吐したり、下痢をしたりすること。吐き下し。vomiting and diarrhea (diarrhoea)
  • 吐出としゅつvomit, spew, disgorge
  • 吐根とこんipecac (species of shrub, Cephaelis ipecacuanha), ipecacuanha
  • 吐物とぶつvomit, vomitus
  • 吐水とすいwater release
  • 吐蕃とばんTibetan Empire (618-842 CE)
  • 吐き薬はきぐすりemetic
  • 吐水口とすいこうspout (for water)
  • 吐酒石としゅせきtartar emetic, antimony potassium tartrate
  • 吐き下しはきくだし嘔吐したり、下痢をしたりすること。吐瀉。vomit and diarrhea or excreta (diarrhoea)
  • 吐しゃ物としゃぶつvomit and excreta

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