験

See also 驗, and 验

Translingual

shinjitai	験
simplified	验
traditional	驗

Etymology

Simplified from 驗 (僉 → 㑒); Japanese simplification (shinjitai); compare 検, 険, 剣. Current form 馬 + 㑒.

Han character

験 (radical 187 馬+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸火人一人 (SFOMO), X尸火人一 (XSFOM))

1. test, examine, inspect
2. verify

Related characters

• 検 険 剣

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1441, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44835
• Dae Jaweon: page 1965, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4562, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9A13

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Japanese

Kanji

験 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: けん (ken), げん (gen)
• Kun: しるし (shirushi), あかし (akashi), ためす (tamesu)

Compounds

• 経験 (けいけん, keiken, “experience”)
• 経験値 (けいけんち, keikenchi, “experience point”)
• 試験 (しけん, shiken, “test”)

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Korean

Hanja

験 (hangeul 험, revised heom, McCune-Reischauer hŏm, Yale hem)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

験 (pinyin yǎn (yan3), Wade-Giles yen³)