诊

诊 · zhěn

examine patient, diagnose

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

examine patient, diagnose

Mandarin
zhěn
Cantonese
can2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8BCA
Radical
讠 · 149
Strokes
7 · Unihan
Residual
5

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

7 strokes
诊
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰讠㐱(G)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 诊

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

診

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
zhěn
kCantonese
can2
kDefinition
examine patient, diagnose
kTotalStrokes
7
kRSUnicode
149'.5
kTraditionalVariant
U+8A3A
kTGH
2013:896

Readings across dictionaries

Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
zhěn 1469.060
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

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Structure & connections

0.10
40dictionary records using 诊0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
讠 beside 㐱 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿰讠㐱$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰讠㐱$(G)

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