Japanese symbol for “icu”
集中治療室
しゅうちゅうちりょうしつ
Romaji: shuuchuuchiryoushitsu
intensive care unit; ICU
In Japanese, icu is 集中治療室, read しゅうちゅうちりょうしつ (shuuchuuchiryoushitsu).
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Meanings
- n intensive care unit; ICU
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “icu”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ＩＣＵ | アイ・シー・ユー ai・shii・yuu | intensive care unit; ICU |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 編集 | へんしゅう henshuu | editing; compilation |
| 募集 | ぼしゅう boshuu | recruitment; invitation; selection |
| 集団 | しゅうだん shuudan | group; mass |
| 集中 | しゅうちゅう shuuchuu | concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention |
| 特集 | とくしゅう tokushuu | feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report |
| 収集 | しゅうしゅう shuushuu | collecting; accumulating; gathering |
| 中心 | ちゅうしん chuushin | center; centre; middle |
| 途中 | とちゅう tochuu | on the way; en route |
| 政治 | せいじ seiji | politics; government |
| 医療 | いりょう iryou | medical treatment; medical care |
| 教室 | きょうしつ kyoushitsu | classroom; lecture room |
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.