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Kotomora

瀉

evacuation

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Readings

On'yomi

  • シャ

Kun'yomi

  • くだ.す
  • は.く

Nanori

  • だか

Meaning

瀉 centers on the forceful removal of something from within: evacuation, purging, or discharging. The single given meaning "evacuation" covers both physical and metaphorical emptying.

Most common words using 瀉

  • 吐瀉としゃ

    vomiting and diarrhea (diarrhoea)

  • 瀉血しゃけつ

    bloodletting; phlebotomy

  • 一瀉千里いっしゃせんり

    one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.

  • 傾瀉けいしゃ

    decanting

  • 岩沢瀉いわおもだか

    Pyrrosia tricuspis (species of felt fern)

  • 止瀉剤ししゃざい

    antidiarrheal; antidiarrhoeal

  • 止瀉薬ししゃやく

    antidiarrheal; antidiarrhoeal

  • 沢瀉おもだか

    threeleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia)

  • 瀉すしゃす

    to have diarrhea

  • 瀉するしゃする

    to have diarrhea

  • 瀉下しゃげ

    catharsis; purgation; evacuation; purging the bowels; diarrhea

  • 瀉下薬しゃげやく

    laxative; cathartic; evacuant; purgative

  • 瀉利塩しゃりえん

    epsomite; Epsom salt; magnesium sulfate

  • 瀉剤しゃざい

    cathartic; purgative; laxative

  • 瀉痢しゃり

    diarrhea; diarrhoea

  • 瀉薬しゃやく

    cathartic; purgative; laxative

  • 血漿瀉血けっしょうしゃけつ

    plasmapheresis

  • 補瀉温涼ほしゃおんりょう

    supplementation, causing bowel movements, heating, and cooling (four main treatments of traditional Chinese medicine)

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Etymology

瀉 combines 氵 (water) with 寫, which historically relates to pouring or transferring. The compound suggests water being poured out or evacuated.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 on the left and the complex right side 寫, which looks like a container being emptied. Imagine flushing water out of a system: evacuation.

Reading mnemonic

For シャ, picture a sharp gush of water evacuating a pipe: the "sha" sound of rushing water cues シャ.