Japanese symbol for “bse”
狂牛病
きょうぎゅうびょう
Romaji: kyougyuubyou
mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE
In Japanese, bse is 狂牛病, read きょうぎゅうびょう (kyougyuubyou).
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Meanings
- n mad cow disease; bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE (vet)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bse”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛海綿状脳症 | うしかいめんじょうのうしょう ushikaimenjounoushou | bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease |
| ＢＳＥ | ビー・エス・イー bii・esu・ii | bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狂う | くるう kuruu | to go mad; to lose one's mind; to go crazy |
| 狂気 | きょうき kyouki | madness; insanity |
| 熱狂 | ねっきょう nekkyou | wild enthusiasm; being crazy about |
| 狂言 | きょうげん kyougen | kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play |
| 狂乱 | きょうらん kyouran | fury; frenzy; madness |
| 狂信 | きょうしん kyoushin | fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion |
| 牛乳 | ぎゅうにゅう gyuunyuu | (cow's) milk |
| 牛肉 | ぎゅうにく gyuuniku | beef |
| 病院 | びょういん byouin | hospital; clinic; doctor's office |
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.