Japanese symbol for “bleaching”
晒し
さらし
Romaji: sarashi
bleaching; soaking
In Japanese, bleaching is 晒し, read さらし (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
- n bleaching; soaking
- n bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso)
- n doxxing; doxing; making someone's private information public without permission
- n public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)
Written forms: 晒し、曝し、晒、曝. Readings: さらし.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bleaching”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漂白 | ひょうはく hyouhaku | blanching; bleaching |
| 脱色 | だっしょく dasshoku | decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation |
| ブリーチ | ブリーチ buriichi | bleach; bleaching |
| ブリーチング | ブリーチング buriichingu | bleaching |
| 白化 | はっか hakka | bleaching; whitening; chlorosis |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晒す | さらす sarasu | to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.) |
| 晒し木綿 | さらしもめん sarashimomen | bleached cotton cloth |
| 棚晒し | たなざらし tanazarashi | shopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer |
| 夜晒 | よざらし yozarashi | leaving things exposed outside all night |
| 晒し者 | さらしもの sarashimono | pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others |
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