Japanese symbol for “excision”

剔出

てきしゅつ

Romaji: tekishutsu

extraction; removal; excision

In Japanese, excision is 剔出, read てきしゅつ (tekishutsu).

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Meanings

n, vs extraction; removal; excision

Kanji and stroke order

剔

cutting

on: テキ、テイ
kun: えぐ.る、そ.る

10 strokes

出

exit, leave, go out

on: シュツ、スイ
kun: で.る、-で、だ.す、-だ.す

5 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
剔除	てきじょ tekijo	removal (in surgery)
剔抉	てっけつ tekketsu	gouging out
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

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.