Meaning & readings
checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine
On’yomi シン
Kun’yomi み.る
Origin
This character combines the radical for "words" or "speech" on the left, which points toward the meaning of examination and questioning, with a sound component on the right that hints at the pronunciation shin. The idea is that diagnosis involves asking questions and listening carefully to what someone says about their condition. By pairing a meaning element related to verbal communication with a sound indicator, the character came to represent the act of examining or checking up on someone through inquiry and observation.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Common words
- 往診 おうしん doctor's visit; house call
- 検診 けんしん medical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening
- 診る みる to examine (medically); to have a look at
- 診察 しんさつ medical examination; checkup
- 診断 しんだん diagnosis; medical examination
- 診療 しんりょう diagnosis and treatment; medical care
- 打診 だしん percussion; tapping
- 受診 じゅしん having a medical examination; seeing a doctor
Reference
- Strokes
- 12
- Kangxi radical
- 149
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1019 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+08A3A