診る

みる · miru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to examine (a patient)

🩺 Same miru as 見る (see), but 診 has 言 (speech): a doctor's look that asks

診る is the medical form of 見る, to see. The 言 radical (words) marks it as looking through questioning: a doctor asks about symptoms while examining. Remember it as seeing plus asking, which is how a doctor examines a patient.

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