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Japanese symbol for “ejaculate”

Romaji: deru
to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out

In Japanese, ejaculate is , read (deru).

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. v1, vi to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out
  2. v1, vi to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
  3. v1, vi to move forward
  4. v1, vi to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach
  5. v1, vi to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up
  6. v1, vi to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out

Kanji and stroke order

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 “ejaculate”

WordReadingMeaning
ぬく nukuto masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating)
いっぱつぬく ippatsunukuto ejaculate (gen. with ref. to masturbation)
でる deruto ejaculate; to cum

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しゅつえん shutsuenappearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
だす dasuto take out; to get out
できる dekiruto be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
しゅっしん shusshinone's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
えんしゅつ enshutsudirection (of a play, film, etc.); production

See also: Chinese symbol for “ejaculate”.

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.