Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1674 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: spit, vomit, belch, confess, tell (lies)

Kunyomi: は.く つ.く

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

トロ expressing one's mind, speaking out

トイキ sigh, long breath

噴出性嘔 フンシュツセイオウト projectile vomiting

過食嘔 カショクオウト bulimia

Kunyomi Examples

はく to vomit, to throw up, to spit up, to emit, to send forth, to breathe out, to give (an opinion), to make (a comment), to express, to tell, to confess

つく to breathe out, to breathe, to tell (a lie), to use (foul language), to vomit, to throw up, to spit up