検 – examination, investigate

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The kanji 検 means examination, investigate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しら.べる (shiraberu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	しら.べる	shiraberu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 口・人・木・个.

Words using 検

検査けんさinspection (e.g. customs, factory)検討けんとうconsideration検事けんじpublic prosecutor点検てんけんdetailed inspection探検たんけんexploration

Example sentences

子宮癌の検査をしていただきたいのです。

I'd like to have a Pap smear done.

Tatoeba #168845

私たちはその件を詳細に検討した。

We debated the matter at length.

Tatoeba #166410

検事は誘導尋問をした。

The prosecutor asked me a leading question.

Tatoeba #175378

Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格校構木条楽

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