Japanese symbol for “diagnosis”
診断
しんだん
Romaji: shindan
diagnosis; medical examination
In Japanese, diagnosis is 診断, read しんだん (shindan).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt diagnosis; medical examination
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “diagnosis”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 見立て | みたて mitate | diagnosis; medical opinion |
| 調査分析 | ちょうさぶんせき chousabunseki | diagnosis; analysis |
| 原因分析 | げんいんぶんせき gen'inbunseki | cause analysis; causal analysis; diagnosis |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 診療 | しんりょう shinryou | diagnosis and treatment; medical care |
| 診察 | しんさつ shinsatsu | medical examination; checkup; consultation |
| 検診 | けんしん kenshin | medical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening |
| 打診 | だしん dashin | percussion; tapping; examining by percussion |
| 診る | みる miru | to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse) |
| 判断 | はんだん handan | judgment; judgement; decision |
| 決断 | けつだん ketsudan | decision; determination |
| 無断 | むだん mudan | absence of permission; lack of permission |
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