検 — examination, investigate

けん検 examination

けん

U+691C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #290 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1803 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

examination
investigate

Readings

On'yomi: けん ken
Kun'yomi: しら shira

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けん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

検(けん) ken examination 検(けん) 査(さ) kensa inspection 検(けん) 証(しょう) kenshou verification 検(けん) 察(さつ) kensatsu prosecution 点(てん) 検(けん) tenken inspection 検(けん) 出(しゅつ) kenshutsu detection 検(けん) 定(てい) kentei certification 検(けん) 察(さつ) 官(かん) kensatsukan public prosecutor

Words by frequency and grade

24 words

Each dot is a word containing 検: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 5 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

き木 tree #75

㑒 all

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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