Japanese symbol for “tia”

一過性脳虚血発作

いっかせいのうきょけつほっさ

Romaji: ikkaseinoukyoketsuhossa

transient ischemic attack; TIA

In Japanese, tia is 一過性脳虚血発作, read いっかせいのうきょけつほっさ (ikkaseinoukyoketsuhossa).

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Meanings

n transient ischemic attack; TIA (med)

Kanji and stroke order

一

one, one radical (no.1)

on: イチ、イツ
kun: ひと-、ひと.つ

1 strokes · JLPT 4

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

性

sex, gender, nature

on: セイ、ショウ
kun: さが

8 strokes · JLPT 2

脳

brain, memory

on: ノウ、ドウ
kun: のうずる

11 strokes · JLPT 2

虚

void, emptiness, unpreparedness

on: キョ、コ
kun: むな.しい、うつ.ろ

11 strokes · JLPT 1

血

blood

on: ケツ
kun: ち

6 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
一緒	いっしょ issho	(doing) together
一番	いちばん ichiban	number one; first; first place
一つ	ひとつ hitotsu	one
一般	いっぱん ippan	general; universal
一部	いちぶ ichibu	one part; one portion; one section
一方	いっぽう ippou	one (esp. of two); the other; one way
過去	かこ kako	the past; bygone days
過ぎ	すぎ sugi	past; after
女性	じょせい josei	woman; female
首脳	しゅのう shunou	head; leader; top
謙虚	けんきょ kenkyo	modest; humble
血液	けつえき ketsueki	blood
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.