Japanese symbol for “pls”

原発性側索硬化症

げんぱつせいそくさくこうかしょう

Romaji: genpatsuseisokusakukoukashou

primary lateral sclerosis; PLS

In Japanese, pls is 原発性側索硬化症, read げんぱつせいそくさくこうかしょう (genpatsuseisokusakukoukashou).

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Meanings

n primary lateral sclerosis; PLS (med)

Kanji and stroke order

原

meadow, original, primitive

on: ゲン
kun: はら

10 strokes · JLPT 2

発

departure, discharge, publish

on: ハツ、ホツ
kun: た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす

9 strokes · JLPT 3

性

sex, gender, nature

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: さが

8 strokes · JLPT 2

側

side, lean, oppose

on: ソク
kun: かわ、がわ、そば

11 strokes · JLPT 2

索

cord, rope, searching

on: サク

10 strokes · JLPT 1

硬

stiff, hard

on: コウ
kun: かた.い

12 strokes · JLPT 2

化

change, take the form of, influence

on: カ、ケ
kun: ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する

4 strokes · JLPT 2

症

symptoms, illness

on: ショウ

10 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
原因	げんいん gen'in	cause; origin; source
原作	げんさく gensaku	original work
原則	げんそく gensoku	principle; general rule
原子力	げんしりょく genshiryoku	atomic energy; nuclear power
原理	げんり genri	principle; theory; fundamental truth
原稿	げんこう genkou	manuscript; copy; draft
発売	はつばい hatsubai	sale; offering for sale; putting on sale
発表	はっぴょう happyou	announcement; publication; presenting
女性	じょせい josei	woman; female
側面	そくめん sokumen	side; flank; profile
捜索	そうさく sousaku	search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt
硬貨	こうか kouka	coin
文化	ぶんか bunka	culture; civilization; civilisation
症状	しょうじょう shoujou	symptoms; 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.