診 – checkup, seeing, diagnose

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1019 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 診 means checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is み.る (miru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	み.る	miru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・个・彡.

Words using 診

診察しんさつmedical examination診るみるto examine (medically)診断しんだんdiagnosis往診おうしんdoctor's visit診療しんりょうdiagnosis and treatment聴診器ちょうしんきstethoscope

Example sentences

医者は私ののどを診察した。

The doctor examined my throat.

Tatoeba #190800

歯医者に診てもらうべきだ。

You ought to see a dentist.

Tatoeba #177221

その女性は一人一人を注意深く診断している。

She'll diagnose each person carefully.

Tatoeba #209340

Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

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