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Japanese symbol for “diagnostics”

Romaji: shindangaku
diagnostics

In Japanese, diagnostics is , read (shindangaku).

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Meanings

  1. n diagnostics

Kanji and stroke order

checkup, seeing, diagnose
on: シン
kun: み.る
12 strokes · JLPT 1
severance, decline, refuse
on: ダン
kun: た.つ、ことわ.る、さだ.める
11 strokes · JLPT 2
study, learning, science
on: ガク
kun: まな.ぶ
8 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しんだん shindandiagnosis; medical examination
しんりょう shinryoudiagnosis and treatment; medical care
しんさつ shinsatsumedical examination; checkup; consultation
けんしん kenshinmedical examination (for a specific condition or disease); health screening
だしん dashinpercussion; tapping; examining by percussion
みる miruto examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)
はんだん handanjudgment; judgement; decision
けつだん ketsudandecision; determination
がっこう gakkouschool

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.