診
診 — Checkup
checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine
On’yomiシン (shin)
Kun’yomiみる (miru)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 診
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 診断 | しんだん shindan | diagnosis; medical examination |
| 診療 | しんりょう shinryou | diagnosis and treatment; medical care |
| 検診 | けんしん kenshin | medical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening |
| 診察 | しんさつ shinsatsu | medical examination; checkup; consultation |
| 打診 | だしん dashin | percussion; tapping; examining by percussion |
| 健康診断 | けんこうしんだん kenkoushindan | health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination |
Study notes
診 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1019 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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