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Kanji Detail for 診 - "to examine, to diagnose"

診

  • Meaning

    診 means "to examine, to diagnose."

    1. Examine - To inspect carefully.

    2. Diagnose - To identify an illness.

  • Words using 診

    • 診断 しんだん Listen diagnosis; medical examination
    • 診療 しんりょう Listen diagnosis and treatment; medical care
    • 検診 けんしん Listen medical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening
    • 診察 しんさつ Listen medical examination; checkup; consultation
    • 打診 だしん Listen percussion; tapping; examining by percussion
    • 健診 けんしん Listen health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination
    • 受診 じゅしん Listen having a medical examination; seeing a doctor
    • 診る みる Listen to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)

  • Tattoo check: 診

    • Verified meaning: to examine, to diagnose
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    checkup; seeing; diagnose; examine

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    examine patient, diagnose

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to examine or treat medically

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to diagnose; to examine a patient

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To examine. Doctors taking the pulse is called 診. Such as 出診 (house call), 門診 (outpatient clinic).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miru(み-る) み-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to examine to diagnose diagnosis examination analysis assessment checkup detection evaluation identification illness inspect observation research review scrutiny testing

Sentences including 診

  • I'd like to see a doctor.

  • I tried to sound out his views.

  • I will go for a medical.

  • I don't like to have a doctor examine me.

  • I'd like to make an appointment to see the doctor.

  • I'll give you a check-up.

  • Did you see a doctor?

  • That's it for your medical exam.

  • Let's send for the doctor.

  • The doctor can see you at ten on may seventh.

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