Japanese symbol for “ahs”

頭痛学会

ずつうがっかい

Romaji: zutsuugakkai

American Headache Society; AHS

In Japanese, ahs is 頭痛学会, read ずつうがっかい (zutsuugakkai).

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Meanings

n American Headache Society; AHS

Kanji and stroke order

頭

head, counter for large animals

on: トウ、ズ、ト
kun: あたま、かしら、-がしら、かぶり

16 strokes · JLPT 3

痛

pain, hurt, damage

on: ツウ
kun: いた.い、いた.む、いた.ましい、いた.める

12 strokes · JLPT 2

学

study, learning, science

on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ

8 strokes · JLPT 4

会

meeting, meet, party

on: カイ、エ
kun: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる

6 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
冒頭	ぼうとう boutou	beginning; opening; start
先頭	せんとう sentou	head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead
頭痛	ずつう zutsuu	headache
街頭	がいとう gaitou	(on the) street
頭脳	ずのう zunou	head; brains
念頭	ねんとう nentou	(on one's) mind; heed
痛み	いたみ itami	pain; ache; soreness
痛い	いたい itai	painful; sore
学校	がっこう gakkou	school
会社	かいしゃ kaisha	company; corporation; firm

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.