Chinese symbol for “vomit”
吐
tù
to vomit; to throw up
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vomit is 吐 (tù), defined as: to vomit; to throw up.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “vomit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呕吐 (嘔吐) | ǒu tù | to vomit |
| 呕 (嘔) | ǒu | vomit |
| 呕吐物 (嘔吐物) | ǒu tù wù | vomit |
| 吣 (唚) | qìn | to vomit (of dogs and cats); to rail against |
| 嗀 | huò | to vomit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呕吐 (嘔吐) | ǒu tù | to vomit |
| 吐露 | tǔ lù | to tell; to disclose |
| 吞吐量 | tūn tǔ liàng | throughput |
| 吐槽 | tǔ cáo | (coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2] |
| 吐口 | tǔ kǒu | to spit; fig. to spit out (a request, an agreement etc) |
| 吐血 | tù xiě | to cough up blood; (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vomit”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.