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Japanese symbol for “ami”

Romaji: kyuuseishinkinkousoku
acute myocardial infarction; AMI

In Japanese, ami is , read (kyuuseishinkinkousoku).

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Meanings

  1. n acute myocardial infarction; AMI (med)

Kanji and stroke order

hurry, emergency, sudden
on: キュウ
kun: いそ.ぐ、いそ.ぎ、せ.く
9 strokes · JLPT 3
sex, gender, nature
on: セイ、ショウ
kun: さが
8 strokes · JLPT 2
heart, mind, spirit
on: シン
kun: こころ、-ごころ
4 strokes · JLPT 3
muscle, sinew, tendon
on: キン
kun: すじ
12 strokes · JLPT 1
for the most part, close up, flower stem
on: コウ、キョウ
kun: ふさぐ、やまにれ、おおむね
11 strokes
close, shut, cover
on: ソク、サイ
kun: ふさ.ぐ、とりで、み.ちる
13 strokes

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
きんきゅう kinkyuuurgency; emergency
きゅうそく kyuusokurapid (e.g. progress)
きゅうげき kyuugekisudden; abrupt; rapid
とっきゅう tokkyuulimited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)
きゅうきょ kyuukyohurriedly; in a hurry; hastily
きゅうぞう kyuuzourapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation
じょせい joseiwoman; female
だんせい danseiman; male
ちゅうしん chuushincenter; centre; middle
きんにく kinnikumuscle
しんきんこうそく shinkinkousokuheart attack; myocardial infarction
へいそく heisokublockage; blockade; blocking up

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.