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Japanese symbol for “discharge”

Romaji: haishutsu
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection

In Japanese, discharge is , read (haishutsu).

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, vs, vt discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion

Kanji and stroke order

repudiate, exclude, expel
on: ハイ
11 strokes · JLPT 1
exit, leave, go out
on: シュツ、スイ
kun: で.る、-で、だ.す、-だ.す
5 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “discharge”

WordReadingMeaning
かいこ kaikodismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing
はっしゃ hasshafiring (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting
りゅうしゅつ ryuushutsuoutflow; effluence; efflux
ほうりゅう houryuudischarge (e.g. of water from a dam)
ほうしゅつ houshutsuemission; release; radiation

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はいじょ haijoexclusion; removal; elimination
はいすい haisuidrainage; draining; pumping out (water)
はいせき haisekirejection; expulsion; boycott
はいき haikiexhaust; emission (of gas from an engine)
はいた haitaexclusion
しゅつえん shutsuenappearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
だす dasuto take out; to get out
でる deruto leave; to exit; to go out

See also: Chinese symbol for “discharge”.

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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