診

See also: 诊

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

trad.		診
simp.		诊

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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chín

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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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n / chṳ́n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin´ / ziin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ / zin³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴/, /t͡sɨn³¹/
• 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/

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 診

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

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Japanese

Kanji

診

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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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)

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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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