TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
診
診 ＝ 言 ＋ 㐱
ㄓㄣˇ · zhěn
verb — to examine (a patient), diagnose
字源 FORM — what the parts do
㐱聲zhěn — the phonetic
Speech (言) with 㐱 zhěn for the sound: the doctor's looking-and-asking over a patient — 診斷, 門診. 㐱 is hard to spot but it carries the reading exactly; it also sits in 疹.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
醫生坐下，開口（言）一句句問——哪裡痛，多久了。
The doctor sits, and the questions begin (言) — where it hurts, how long.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)看診、診察— to examine, look over a patient常用
→診斷— to diagnose常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
疹zhěnshares the phonetic — there 疒 marks sickness (a rash), here marks the asking