診
checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine
Readings
On'yomi
- シン
Kun'yomi
- み.る
Meaning
診 centers on careful inspection to understand a condition: examining a patient, diagnosing an illness, or checking something thoroughly.
Most common words using 診
20 of 125- 診断しんだんN2
diagnosis; medical examination
- 診療しんりょうN1
diagnosis and treatment; medical care
- 診察しんさつN3
medical examination; checkup; consultation
- 検診けんしん
medical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening
- 受診じゅしん
having a medical examination; seeing a doctor
- 打診だしん
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion
- 往診おうしんN1
doctor's visit; house call
- 聴診ちょうしん
auscultation; listening to a person's chest with a stethoscope
- 診るみるN3
to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)
- 誤診ごしん
wrong diagnosis; misdiagnosis
- 問診もんしん
interview (with a doctor); history taking
- 休診きゅうしん
being closed (of a clinic, doctor's office, etc.); not seeing patients; not accepting patients
- 初診しょしん
initial medical examination; first visit (to a doctor, clinic, hospital, etc.)
- 触診しょくしん
palpation
- 回診かいしん
doctor's rounds (in a hospital)
- 初診料しょしんりょう
fee for an initial medical examination
- 診査しんさ
diagnostic examination; exploration
- 健診けんしん
health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination
- 健康診断けんこうしんだんN3
health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination
- 診療所しんりょうじょN1
clinic; medical office; infirmary
Study
Etymology
診 combines 言 (words, speech) with 㐱, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to examining or scrutinizing. The character suggests using words to investigate or diagnose.
Meaning mnemonic
A doctor uses words (言) to ask about symptoms and the right side (㐱) looks like a person under a microscope. Together, 診 means examining and diagnosing.
Reading mnemonic
For シン, imagine a doctor examining a patient's shin: shin -> シン, and the doctor's words (言) diagnose the problem.