漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
診: checkup, seeing
Also: diagnose, examine
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 人 and 彡 are drawn in
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 診断しんだん
- 診療しんりょう
- 検診けんしん
- 診察しんさつ
- 打診だしん
- 健診けんしんhealth checkup
- 受診じゅしんhaving a medical examination
みるmiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 診るみるto examine (medically); to have a look at
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side診 checkup · 人 + 彡
vs該 above-stated · 亥In ChineseSimplified 诊 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhěn
Japan keeps the traditional form 診; mainland China simplifies it to 诊.
- Simplified
- 诊 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 診 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhěn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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