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Japanese symbol for “bleaching”

Romaji: sarashi
bleaching; soaking

In Japanese, bleaching is , read (sarashi).

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.

Meanings

  1. n bleaching; soaking
  2. n bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso)
  3. n doxxing; doxing; making someone's private information public without permission
  4. n public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

bleach, refine, expose
on: サイ、シ
kun: さら.す、さらし
10 strokes

Other Japanese words for “bleaching”

WordReadingMeaning
ひょうはく hyouhakublanching; bleaching
だっしょく dasshokudecolourization; decolorization; decolourisation
ブリーチ buriichibleach; bleaching
ブリーチング buriichingubleaching
はっか hakkableaching; whitening; chlorosis

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
さらす sarasuto expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.)
さらしもめん sarashimomenbleached cotton cloth
たなざらし tanazarashishopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer
よざらし yozarashileaving things exposed outside all night
さらしもの sarashimonopilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

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.

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