Japanese symbol for “bleed”
出血
しゅっけつ
Romaji: shukketsu
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleed
In Japanese, bleed is 出血, read しゅっけつ (shukketsu).
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, vi, vs bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleed
- n, vi, vs bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
- n, vi, vs casualties; losses; sacrifices
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bleed”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出る | でる deru | to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed |
| 滲む | にじむ nijimu | to run (of liquid); to spread; to bleed |
| 滲み | にじみ nijimi | blur; (color) bleed; bleeding |
| 塗り足し | ぬりたし nuritashi | bleed |
| 垂れ流す | たれながす tarenagasu | to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
| 出る | でる deru | to leave; to exit; to go out |
| 出来る | できる dekiru | to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) |
| 出身 | しゅっしん shusshin | one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school) |
| 演出 | えんしゅつ enshutsu | direction (of a play, film, etc.); production |
| 血液 | けつえき ketsueki | blood |
| 血管 | けっかん kekkan | blood vessel; vein |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bleed”.
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.