Japanese symbol for “sacrifices”

出血

しゅっけつ

Romaji: shukketsu

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleed

In Japanese, sacrifices is 出血, read しゅっけつ (shukketsu).

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Meanings

n, vi, vs bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleed
n, vi, vs bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
n, vi, vs casualties; losses; sacrifices

Kanji and stroke order

出

exit, leave, go out

on: シュツ、スイ
kun: で.る、-で、だ.す、-だ.す

5 strokes · JLPT 4

血

blood

on: ケツ
kun: ち

6 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
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
血液	けつえき ketsueki	blood
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.