診

See also: 诊

診 U+8A3A, 診 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A3A ← 訹 [U+8A39] CJK Unified Ideographs 註 → [U+8A3B]

Translingual

Han character

診 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人竹竹 (YROHH), four-corner 0862₂, composition ⿰訁㐱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1152, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35337
• Dae Jaweon: page 1619, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3955, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8A3A

Chinese

trad.		診
simp.		诊
alternative forms		𧧂 𧦜 𧠝 𧭉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
沴	*rɯːls
趁	*nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn
紾	*ʔl'anʔ, *kljɯnʔ
跈	*nlɯːnʔ, *l'ɯːnʔ
殄	*l'ɯːnʔ
抮	*hlɯːnʔ
駗	*rɯn, *kljɯnʔ
珍	*ʔl'ɯn
診	*l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ
畛	*kljɯn, *kljɯnʔ
疹	*kljɯnʔ
軫	*kljɯnʔ
胗	*kljɯnʔ, *klɯnʔ
袗	*kljɯnʔ, *kljɯns
眕	*kljɯnʔ
飻	*l̥ʰɯːd
餮	*r̥ʰɯːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'ɯns, *kljɯnʔ) : semantic 言 + phonetic 㐱 ().

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): can² / zan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n / chṳ́n
• Eastern Min (BUC): cīng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang² / zêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěn
    • Wade–Giles: chên³
    • Yale: jěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: can² / zan²
    • Yale: chán / ján
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsan² / dzan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cen² / zen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn³⁵/, /t͡sɐn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n / chṳ́n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ / ziin^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ / zin³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴/, /t͡sɨn³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín
    • Tâi-lô: tsín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziang² / zêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiáng / tséng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ⁵²/, /t͡seŋ⁵²/

Note:

• ziang2 - Shantou, Jieyang;
• zêng2 - Pontinank.

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• Middle Chinese: tsyinX, drinH

Rime
Character	診	診
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	眞 (44)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	章忍切	直刃切
Baxter	tsyinX	drinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪnX/	/ɖˠiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕinX/	/ɖᵚinH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjenX/	/ȡienH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cinX/	/ɖjinH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕnX/	/ȡjĕnH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕnX/	/ȡǐĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnX/	/ȡʱi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhěn	zhèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan2	zan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-t<r>ə[n]ʔ-s/, /*tə[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯns/, /*kljɯnʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	診	診
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhěn	zhěn
Middle Chinese	‹ drinH ›	‹ tsyinX ›
Old Chinese	/*m-t<r>ə[n]ʔ-s/	/*tə[n]ʔ/
English	examine	examine
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	診	診
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17094	17096
Phonetic component	疹	疹
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	敶	軫
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯns/	/*kljɯnʔ/

Definitions

診

1. (medicine) to examine (a patient); to diagnose

Compounds

• 休診 / 休诊 (xiūzhěn)
• 候診 / 候诊 (hòuzhěn)
• 候診室 / 候诊室 (hòuzhěnshì)
• 健兒門診 / 健儿门诊
• 出診 / 出诊 (chūzhěn)
• 切診 / 切诊 (qièzhěn)
• 初診 / 初诊 (chūzhěn)
• 問診 / 问诊 (wènzhěn)
• 四診 / 四诊 (sìzhěn)
• 就診 / 就诊 (jiùzhěn)
• 急診 / 急诊 (jízhěn)
• 急診室 / 急诊室 (jízhěnshì)
• 應診 / 应诊 (yìngzhěn)
• 懸絲診脈 / 悬丝诊脉
• 打診法 / 打诊法
• 施診 / 施诊 (shīzhěn)
• 會診 / 会诊 (huìzhěn)
• 望診 / 望诊
• 求診 / 求诊 (qiúzhěn)
• 物理診斷 / 物理诊断
• 特別門診 / 特别门诊
• 確診 / 确诊 (quèzhěn)
• 穴診儀 / 穴诊仪
• 網路診斷 / 网路诊断
• 義診 / 义诊 (yìzhěn)
• 聞診 / 闻诊 (wénzhěn)
• 聽診 / 听诊 (tīngzhěn)
• 聽診器 / 听诊器 (tīngzhěnqì)
• 脈診 / 脉诊 (màizhěn)
• 腹診 / 腹诊 (fùzhěn)
• 虛擬診所 / 虚拟诊所
• 衛星門診 / 卫星门诊
• 複診 / 复诊 (fùzhěn)
• 覆診 / 覆诊 (fùzhěn)
• 觸診 / 触诊 (chùzhěn)
• 診候 / 诊候
• 診切 / 诊切
• 診察 / 诊察 (zhěnchá)
• 診所 / 诊所 (zhěnsuǒ)
• 診斷 / 诊断 (zhěnduàn)
• 診斷試劑 / 诊断试剂
• 診治 / 诊治 (zhěnzhì)
• 診療 / 诊疗 (zhěnliáo)
• 診療所 / 诊疗所 (zhěnliáosuǒ)
• 診視 / 诊视
• 診脈 / 诊脉 (zhěnmài)
• 轉診 / 转诊 (zhuǎnzhěn)
• 巡診 / 巡诊 (xúnzhěn)
• 門診 / 门诊 (ménzhěn)
• 門診部 / 门诊部 (ménzhěnbù)
• 開診 / 开诊
• 駐診 / 驻诊

Japanese

Kanji

診

(Jōyō kanji)

1. examine

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)、じん (jin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)、ちん (chin)
• Kun: みる (miru, 診る, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

診 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

診: Hán Việt readings: chẩn

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