檢

See also: 检 and 検

檢 U+6AA2, 檢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AA2 ← 檡 [U+6AA1] CJK Unified Ideographs 檣 → [U+6AA3]

Translingual

Traditional	檢
Shinjitai	検
Simplified	检

Han character

檢 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木人一人 (DOMO), four-corner 4898₆, composition ⿰木僉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 557, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15684
• Dae Jaweon: page 946, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1303, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6AA2

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Chinese

trad.		檢
simp.		检
alternative forms		撿／捡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 檢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (僉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
厱	*raːm, *kʰreːm, *kʰlam
歛	*qʰlaːm
臉	*ɡ·reːmʔ, *skʰlam, *kramʔ
醶	*ɡr·reːmʔ, *skʰraːmʔ
鹼	*kreːmʔ, *skʰlam
薟	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰram
匳	*ɡ·ram
獫	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams, *qʰramʔ
蘞	*ɡ·ram, *ɡ·ramʔ, *qʰlam
籢	*ɡ·ram
斂	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
瀲	*ɡ·ramʔ, *ɡ·rams
撿	*ɡ·ramʔ, *kramʔ
羷	*ɡ·ramʔ
殮	*ɡ·rams
簽	*skʰlam
僉	*skʰlam
憸	*skʰlam, *skʰlamʔ, *sqʰlam, *qʰramʔ
譣	*skʰlam, *qʰramʔ
檢	*kramʔ
瞼	*kramʔ
儉	*ɡramʔ
顩	*ŋramʔ, *rlɯmʔ, *kʰrɯmʔ
嬐	*ŋramʔ
嶮	*ŋramʔ, *hŋramʔ
噞	*ŋramʔ, *ŋrams
驗	*ŋrams
險	*qʰramʔ
劒	*kams
劍	*kams
𩏩	*qʰam

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kramʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 檢

1. ^† measure; standard
2. to restrain (especially oneself); to keep oneself in check
3. to check; to examine; to inspect
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 撿／捡 (jiǎn).
5. ^† book label
6. a surname

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Japanese

Shinjitai	検
Kyūjitai	檢

Kanji

檢

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 検)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

檢 (eumhun 검사할 검 (geomsahal geom))

1. hanja form^? of 검 (“check; examination; inspection”)

Compounds

• 검사 (檢査, geomsa, “inspection”)
• 건강검진 (健康檢診, geon'ganggeomjin, “a physical”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

檢: Hán Nôm readings: ghém, kiểm

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