審

See also: 审

審 U+5BE9, 審 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BE9 ← 寨 [U+5BE8] CJK Unified Ideographs 寪 → [U+5BEA]

Translingual

Han character

審 (radical 40, 宀+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十竹木田 (JHDW), four-corner 3060₉, composition ⿱宀番)

References

• KangXi: page 291, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7316
• Dae Jaweon: page 577, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 954, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5BE9

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Chinese

trad.		審
simp.		审

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (宷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
宷	*hljɯmʔ
審	*hljɯmʔ
瀋	*l̥ʰjɯmʔ
嬸	*hljɯmʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěn (shen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam²
• Min Bei (KCR): sěng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sím

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sim²

• Wu (Wiktionary): sen (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ
    • Wade–Giles: shên³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheen
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěn
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam²
    • Yale: sám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐm³⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sěng
    • IPA ^(key): /seiŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sím
    • Tâi-lô: sím
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siem
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕim⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕim⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕim⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕim⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕim⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sím
    • IPA ^(key): /sim⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: sen (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /səɲ³⁴/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 審
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂən²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ʂən²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ʂən¹³/ /sən¹³/
	Jinan	/ʂẽ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ʃə̃⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂən⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ʂẽ⁵³/
	Xining	/ʂə̃⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʂəŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂə̃n⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/sən⁴²/
	Chengdu	/sən⁵³/
	Guiyang	/sen⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʂə̃⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ʂən²¹²/
	Hefei	/ʂən²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/səŋ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ʂəŋ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/sə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/səŋ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sən⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/sen⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/saŋ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕiʌ̃³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ɕian³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂən⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ʂən⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɨn²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/səm³¹/
	Taoyuan	/ʃem³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɐm³⁵/
	Nanning	/sɐm³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/sɐm³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/sim⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/siŋ³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/seiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/sim⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tim²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕiɪm^X/▼

Rime
Character	審
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式任切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕimX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjemX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕimX/
Li Rong	/ɕiəmX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shěn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tʰ[ə]mʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯmʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	審
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shěn
Middle Chinese	‹ syimX ›
Old Chinese	/*s.tʰ[ə]mʔ/
English	examine, discriminate
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	審
Reading #	1/1
No.	11261
Phonetic component	宷
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*hljɯmʔ/
Notes	荏由任校改，說文同宷

Definitions

審

1. to examine; to investigate
2. to try; to judge
3. meticulous
4. indeed

Compounds

Derived terms from 審

• 一審／一审 (yīshěn)
• 一審判決／一审判决
• 不審／不审
• 主審／主审
• 事實審／事实审
• 候審／候审 (hòushěn)
• 公審／公审 (gōngshěn)
• 公開審理／公开审理
• 共審制度／共审制度
• 再審／再审 (zàishěn)
• 初審／初审
• 原審／原审
• 取保候審／取保候审
• 受審／受审
• 報審／报审
• 大陪審團／大陪审团
• 審判／审判 (shěnpàn)
• 審判官／审判官
• 審判庭／审判庭
• 審判權／审判权
• 審判長／审判长
• 審問／审问 (shěnwèn)
• 審囚刷卷／审囚刷卷
• 審定／审定 (shěndìng)
• 審察／审察 (shěnchá)
• 審己度人／审己度人
• 審度／审度
• 審慎／审慎 (shěnshèn)
• 審批／审批 (shěnpī)
• 審斷／审断
• 審時定勢／审时定势
• 審時度勢／审时度势 (shěnshíduóshì)

• 審曲面勢／审曲面势
• 審查／审查 (shěnchá)
• 審核／审核 (shěnhé)
• 審案／审案 (shěn'àn)
• 審決／审决
• 審理／审理 (shěnlǐ)
• 審稿／审稿 (shěngǎo)
• 審級／审级
• 審細／审细
• 審結／审结
• 審美／审美 (shěnměi)
• 審美觀／审美观
• 審美觀念／审美观念
• 審處／审处 (shěnchǔ)
• 審覈／审覈
• 審視／审视 (shěnshì)
• 審訂／审订 (shěndìng)
• 審計／审计 (shěnjì)
• 審計署／审计署
• 審計長／审计长
• 審訊／审讯 (shěnxùn)
• 審議／审议 (shěnyì)
• 審讀／审读 (shěndú)
• 審酌／审酌
• 審閱／审阅 (shěnyuè)
• 巡迴審判／巡回审判
• 庭審／庭审 (tíngshěn)
• 復審／复审 (fùshěn)
• 承審員／承审员
• 拷打審問／拷打审问
• 提審／提审 (tíshěn)
• 政審／政审

• 明法審令／明法审令
• 更審／更审
• 會審／会审 (huìshěn)
• 會審公廨／会审公廨
• 歷審／历审
• 法律審／法律审
• 烏審／乌审
• 熬審／熬审
• 甄審／甄审
• 秋審／秋审
• 第四審／第四审
• 精審／精审
• 終審／终审
• 終審法院／终审法院
• 編審／编审 (biānshěn)
• 聯席審查／联席审查
• 聽審／听审 (tīngshěn)
• 複審／复审 (fùshěn)
• 覆審／覆审 (fùshěn)
• 觀審制度／观审制度
• 評審／评审 (píngshěn)
• 詳審／详审
• 軍事審判／军事审判
• 軍法審判／军法审判
• 送審／送审
• 重審／重审
• 陪審／陪审 (péishěn)
• 陪審制／陪审制
• 陪審員／陪审员 (péishěnyuán)
• 陪審團／陪审团 (péishěntuán)
• 非常審判／非常审判
• 鞫審／鞫审

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Japanese

Kanji

審

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. examine

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: つまびらか (tsumabiraka, 審らか)

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Korean

Hanja

審 • (sim) (hangeul 심, revised sim, McCune–Reischauer sim)

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Vietnamese

Han character

審 (thẩm, săm, sẩm, thắm, thẳm, thấm, thủm, thẫm)

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