検

See also 檢, and 检

Translingual

shinjitai	検
simplified	检
traditional	檢

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 檢 (僉 → 㑒); compare 険, 験, 剣. In current form, 木 + 㑒

Han character

検 (radical 75 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木人一人 (DOMO), X木人一人 (XDOMO), composition ⿰木㑒)

1. check
2. examine

Related characters

• 険, 験, 剣

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 537, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15065
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1235, character 3
• Unihan data for U+691C

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Japanese

Kanji

検 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: しらべる (shiraberu)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

検案 (けんあん, ken'an) 検印 (けんいん, ken'in) 検疫 (けんえき, ken'eki) 検閲 (けんえつ, ken'etsu) 検挙 (けんきょ, kenkyo) 検査 (けんさ, kensa)

検索 (けんさく, kensaku) 検察 (けんさつ, kensatsu) 検視 (けんし, kenshi) 検死 (けんし, kenshi) 検使 (けんし, kenshi) 検事 (けんじ, kenji)

検証 (けんしょう, kenshō) 検正 (けんしょう, kenshō) 検定 (けんてい, kentei) 検討 (けんとう, kentō) 検品 (けんぴん, kenpin)

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Korean

Hanja

検 (hangeul 검, revised geom, McCune-Reischauer kŏm, Yale kem)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

検 (pinyin jiǎn (jian3), Wade-Giles chien³)