泻

See also: 瀉
泻 U+6CFB, 泻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CFB
← 泺
[U+6CFA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 泼 →
[U+6CFC]

Translingual

Han character

泻 (radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水月卜一 (EBYM), composition ⿰氵写)

  1. to pour out; to flow rapidly; to pour down
  2. to leak; to drain off
  3. to have loose bowels

References

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 泻 – see 瀉 (“to pour out; to flow rapidly; to pour down; to leak; to drain off; etc.”).
(This character, 泻, is the simplified form of 瀉.)
Notes:

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 水 + phonetic 写.

Japanese

Kanji
泻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): せき (seki)
  • Kun: かた (kata)

Noun

泻 (hiragana かた, rōmaji kata)

  1. lagoon

Usage notes

In Niigata Prefecture, it is sometimes used informally as a corrupted form of 潟.

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