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査 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
サさ · sa
Kun
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Meaning
to investigate; inspect

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "wood" plus 且 "to lay together"; logs laid out and counted — hence "to examine, investigate."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサさsa査察ささつ調査ちょうさ巡査じゅんさ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 調査ちょうさ

    investigation; survey

  • 検査けんさ

    inspection; examination

More words with this kanji

  • 審査しんさ
  • 捜査そうさ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

町(まち)の人口(じんこう)を調査(ちょうさ)した。

We surveyed the town's population.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

検査調査査検to exa…調invest…条clause枝branch桜cherry…格status構to con…叉fork左left乍while扨well…扠well…
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Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading サAll maps

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