検 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- ケン
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- to examine; inspect; check
Origin
木 "wood" plus 僉 "to check over"; going through wooden tallies one by one — hence "to examine."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ケン | 検査・検討・点検 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 検定けんてい
certification test
- 点検てんけん
inspection; check
Example
漢字検定を受けるつもりだ。
I intend to take the Kanji Kentei test.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)