Japanese symbol for “bloodletting”
瀉血
しゃけつ
Romaji: shaketsu
bloodletting; phlebotomy
In Japanese, bloodletting is 瀉血, read しゃけつ (shaketsu).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs bloodletting; phlebotomy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bloodletting”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺絡 | しらく shiraku | bloodletting (in traditional Chinese medicine) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吐瀉 | としゃ tosha | vomiting and diarrhea (diarrhoea) |
| 一瀉千里 | いっしゃせんり isshasenri | one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc. |
| 傾瀉 | けいしゃ keisha | decanting |
| 瀉利塩 | しゃりえん sharien | epsomite; Epsom salt; magnesium sulfate |
| 瀉する | しゃする shasuru | to have diarrhea |
| 血液 | けつえき ketsueki | blood |
| 出血 | しゅっけつ shukketsu | bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage |
| 血管 | けっかん kekkan | blood vessel; vein |
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.