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Chinese symbol for “diagnose”

诊断
zhěn duàn
Traditional: 診斷
to diagnose

The closest CC-CEDICT match for diagnose is 诊断 (zhěn duàn), defined as: to diagnose.

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Characters and stroke order

诊 zhěn
to diagnose; to examine a patient
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
断 duàn
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
radical 69 ⽄ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 诊断.

WordPinyinMeaning
诊所 (診所)zhěn suǒclinic
确诊 (確診)què zhěnto make a definite diagnosis; confirmed (case of a specific disease)
门诊 (門診)mén zhěnoutpatient service
诊疗 (診療)zhěn liáodiagnosis and treatment
就诊 (就診)jiù zhěnto see a doctor; to seek medical advice
不断 (不斷)bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted
判断 (判斷)pàn duànto judge; to determine; judgment
垄断 (壟斷)lǒng duànto monopolize

See also: Japanese symbol for “diagnose”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.