吐
吐 — Spit
spit, vomit, belch, confess, tell (lies)
On’yomiト (to)
Kun’yomiはく (haku)
Kun’yomiつく (tsuku)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 吐
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吐き気 | はきけ hakike | nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick |
| 吐く | つく tsuku | to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie) |
| 吐露 | とろ toro | expressing one's mind; speaking out |
| 嘔吐 | おうと outo | vomiting; emesis |
| 吐く | はく haku | to vomit; to throw up; to spit up |
| 吐き出す | はきだす hakidasu | to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air) |
Study notes
吐 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1674 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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