Kanji N1

診: checkup, seeing, diagnose

診 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning checkup, seeing, diagnose, written with 12 strokes. It is read シン (on) and みる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 診断 (しんだん, diagnosis) and 診療 (しんりょう, diagnosis and treatment).

診

Meanings

  • checkup
  • seeing
  • diagnose
  • examine
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1019 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 診

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 診断しんだん

    diagnosis; medical examination

    JLPT N2
  • 診療しんりょう

    diagnosis and treatment; medical care

    JLPT N1
  • 診察しんさつ

    medical examination; checkup; consultation

    JLPT N3
  • 診るみる

    to examine (medically); to have a look at

    JLPT N2
  • 聴診器ちょうしんき

    stethoscope

    JLPT N1
  • 検診けんしん

    medical examination (for a specific condition or disease)

  • 打診だしん

    percussion; tapping; examining by percussion

  • 健診けんしん

    health checkup; (general) medical examination

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.