Japanese symbol for “pse”

光過敏性発作

ひかりかびんせいほっさ

Romaji: hikarikabinseihossa

photosensitive epilepsy; PSE

In Japanese, pse is 光過敏性発作, read ひかりかびんせいほっさ (hikarikabinseihossa).

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Meanings

n photosensitive epilepsy; PSE (med)

Kanji and stroke order

光

ray, light

on: コウ
kun: ひか.る、ひかり

6 strokes · JLPT 3

過

overdo, exceed, go beyond

on: カ
kun: す.ぎる、す.ごす、あやま.ち、あやま.つ

12 strokes · JLPT 2

敏

cleverness, agile, alert

on: ビン
kun: さとい

10 strokes · JLPT 1

性

sex, gender, nature

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: さが

8 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

作

make, production, prepare

on: サク、サ
kun: つく.る、つく.り、-づく.り

7 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
観光	かんこう kankou	sightseeing; tourism
光景	こうけい koukei	scene; spectacle; sight
日光	にっこう nikkou	sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
栄光	えいこう eikou	glory
光線	こうせん kousen	ray (of light); beam; light
光る	ひかる hikaru	to shine; to glitter; to be bright
過去	かこ kako	the past; bygone days
過ぎ	すぎ sugi	past; after
敏感	びんかん binkan	sensitive; alert; aware
女性	じょせい josei	woman; female
発売	はつばい hatsubai	sale; offering for sale; putting on sale
作る	つくる tsukuru	to make; to produce; to manufacture

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.