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Coincidentally, I just received an email containing both kanji:

(SHIN, mi(ru): checkup; seeing; to diagnose, examine)

My friend used this word: 診てもらう (mite morau: to see a doctor). Here are other useful words with :

診断 (shindan: diagnosis)
     to examine + to conclude
脈を診る (myaku o miru: to take one’s pulse)
     pulse + to examine

The first kanji can mean “vein” or “pulse.”

検診 (kenshin: medical examination)
     to examine + to examine
診療 (shinryō: diagnosis and treatment)
     to diagnose + to treat

A spinoff: 診療所 (shinryōjo: clinic)
     to diagnose + to treat + place

本日休診 (Honjitsu Kyūshin: Office Closed Today
     this + day + suspension of business +
     to examine

This is a sign that doctors hang out when they want to hang out somewhere else!

(KAN, mi(ru): to watch, look after (often medically), take care of)

Here are words with the original meaning of “to watch, look, see, observe”:

看板 (kanban: signboard, sign)
     to see + board
看破 (kanpa: seeing through, penetrating, reading (another’s thoughts))
     to see + to penetrate
看取 (kanshu: perceiving)
     to observe + to gather

And here are words with a secondary meaning, “to care (for the sick), to keep a watchful eye on, to look after, to nurse”:

看護婦 (kangofu: nurse)
     to nurse + to protect + working woman

Nowadays most often means “adult woman.” The original meaning was “wife,” and back then, of course, wives didn’t work outside the home. This kanji has acquired an additional meaning: “working woman” or “career woman.” Quite the opposite of the original meaning! Unfortunately, Halpern only lists three words in which denotes a career woman: nurse, prostitute, and cleaning woman. Hmm….

看病する (kanbyō suru: to nurse, care for)
     to care for the sick + sickness
看守 (kanshu: jailer)
     to keep a watchful eye on + to watch over

Aha—when you say or write kanshu, be sure to distinguish between “perceiving” (看取) and “jailer” (看守)!

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