Word details

吐血

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 吐血.

Dictionary

Entry

吐血けつNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #25277
1

Medicine

vomiting blood; hematemesis

Examples
ひんぱんに吐血する場合は、救急車を呼ぶか、近くの内科医に往診してもらう。
If you frequently spit-up blood you should call an ambulance or have a nearby physician make a house call.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

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

6 strokesFrequency 1,674JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

は.くつ.く

blood

6 strokesFrequency 832JLPT N2Grade 3

On

ケツ

Kun

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