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Kanji Detail for 吐 - "to vomit, to disgorge"

吐

  • Meaning

    吐 means "to vomit, to disgorge." Also associated with to state.

    1. To vomit - To expel from the mouth.

    2. To state - To utter words.

    3. To disgorge - To throw up; also, what is thrown up.

    4. To exhale - To breathe out.

    5. To speak out - To say something undesirable.

  • Words using 吐

    • 吐露 とろ Listen expressing one's mind; speaking out
    • 嘔吐 おうと Listen vomiting; emesis
    • 吐く つく Listen to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie)

  • Four-character idioms with 吐

    • 青息吐息 あおいきといき Listen deep distress
    • 握髪吐哺 あくはつとほ Listen (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)
    • 音吐朗朗 おんとろうろう Listen in a clear voice

  • Tattoo check: 吐

    • Verified meaning: to vomit, to disgorge
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はきさき)
    • Also carries these associations: to state

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 吐

    Surnames 吐(はきさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    vomit, spew out, cough up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Things coming out of the mouth. Either distinguishing taste and not wanting to eat, or eating and the stomach can't accept it, then vomiting. There is vomiting due to illness, such as reflux and cholera. There is also vomiting as treatment. Medicine has three methods: sweating, vomiting, purging. Vomiting is also called the "emptying" method, removing undigested and unclean matter from the stomach. | Speech is also called 吐. Such as calling someone's diction 音吐. | To emit. Such as flowers blooming is called 吐秀. | To reveal. Such as 吐露情實, meaning revealing secret truths. | 吐納: Like breathing in and out. Daoist cultivation method is called 吐故納新, meaning expelling stale air and inhaling fresh air. | 吐哺: Meaning spitting out food while eating. In the past, Duke of Zhou as regent, when receiving worthy scholars, would spit out food three times during one meal. See (Records of the Grand Historian). Speaking of the urgency of seeking talent. | 吐棄: Meaning of disdain. Those with lofty ideals different from the common run are said to 吐棄一切.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ha.ku(は-く) は-く

    tsu.ku(つ-く) つ-く

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to vomit to state to disgorge to exhale to speak out spit out throw up retch puke belch expel eject spew heave emit

Sentences including 吐

  • I threw up my food.

  • I was made out to be a liar.

  • I threw up three times.

  • I feel like throwing up.

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