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Japanese symbol for “ars”

Romaji: kyuuseihoushasenshou
acute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation sickness

In Japanese, ars is , read (kyuuseihoushasenshou).

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Meanings

  1. n acute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation sickness (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
set free, release, fire
on: ホウ
kun: はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる
8 strokes · JLPT 2
shoot, shine into, onto
on: シャ
kun: い.る、さ.す、う.つ
10 strokes · JLPT 1
line, track
on: セン
kun: すじ
15 strokes · JLPT 2
symptoms, illness
on: ショウ
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “ars”

WordReadingMeaning
きゅうせいほうしゃせんしょうこうぐん kyuuseihoushasenshoukougunacute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation sickness
きゅうせいほうしゃせんしょうがい kyuuseihoushasenshougaiacute radiation syndrome; ARS; acute radiation damage

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
ほうそう housoubroadcasting; broadcast; program
ちゅうしゃ chuushainjection; jab; shot
しんかんせん shinkansenShinkansen; bullet train
しょうじょう shoujousymptoms; condition (of a patient)

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.