Japanese symbol for “excretion”

排出

はいしゅつ

Romaji: haishutsu

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

In Japanese, excretion is 排出, read はいしゅつ (haishutsu).

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Meanings

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

Kanji and stroke order

排

repudiate, exclude, expel

on: ハイ

11 strokes · JLPT 1

出

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 “excretion”

Word	Reading	Meaning
排泄	はいせつ haisetsu	excretion
用	よう you	call of nature; excretion
脱糞	だっぷん dappun	defecation; excretion; bowel movement
排泄物	はいせつぶつ haisetsubutsu	excretion; discharge; excrement

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
排除	はいじょ haijo	exclusion; removal; elimination
排水	はいすい haisui	drainage; draining; pumping out (water)
排斥	はいせき haiseki	rejection; expulsion; boycott
排気	はいき haiki	exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine)
排他	はいた haita	exclusion
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

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