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検 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
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Meaning
to examine; inspect; check

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "wood" plus 僉 "to check over"; going through wooden tallies one by one — hence "to examine."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken検査けんさ検討けんとう点検てんけん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 検定けんてい

    certification test

  • 点検てんけん

    inspection; check

More words with this kanji

  • 検査けんさ
  • 検討けんとう
  • 探検たんけん
  • 検尿けんにょう
  • 検閲けんえつ
  • 検索けんさく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

漢字(かんじ)検定(けんてい)を受(う)けるつもりだ。

I intend to take the Kanji Kentei test.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

検定点検検定decide点dot条clause枝branch査to inv…格status桜cherry…件matter険steep犬dog丱child'…串skewer
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading ケンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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