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Japanese symbol for “venting”

Romaji: hassan
emission; emanation; radiation; diffusion

In Japanese, venting is , read (hassan).

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, vi, vs emission; emanation; radiation; diffusion; dispersion
  2. n, vi, vs letting out (feelings); venting
  3. n, vi, vs divergence (of light)
  4. n, vi, vs divergence (math)

Kanji and stroke order

departure, discharge, publish
on: ハツ、ホツ
kun: た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす
9 strokes · JLPT 3
scatter, disperse, spend
on: サン
kun: ち.る、ち.らす、-ち.らす、ち.らかす
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “venting”

WordReadingMeaning
ふきだし fukidashiblowoff; effusion; blowing

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
はつばい hatsubaisale; offering for sale; putting on sale
はっぴょう happyouannouncement; publication; presenting
かいはつ kaihatsudevelopment; cultivation; application
はっせい hasseioccurrence; incidence; outbreak
はっけん hakkendiscovery; detection; finding
はつげん hatsugenstatement; remark; observation
かいさん kaisanbreaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd)
さんぽ sanpowalk; stroll

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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