験 – verification, effect, testing

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The kanji 験 means verification, effect, testing. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン、ゲン (ken, gen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あかし、しるし、ため.す、ためし (akashi, shirushi, tamesu, tameshi). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 馬 (no. 187).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
On’yomi	ゲン	gen
Kun’yomi	あかし	akashi
Kun’yomi	しるし	shirushi
Kun’yomi	ため.す	tamesu
Kun’yomi	ためし	tameshi

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: 馬 (Kangxi radical 187). Components: 口・人・馬・个・杰.

Words using 験

試験しけんexamination経験けいけんexperience実験じっけんexperiment受験じゅけんtaking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)体験たいけん(practical) experience

Example sentences

とにかく、試験が終わってほっとしたよ。

Anyhow, I'm relieved the test is over.

Tatoeba #200472

この仕事では経験がものを言う。

Experience counts in this job.

Tatoeba #221838

実験は成功だった。

The experiment was successful.

Tatoeba #149359

Kanji with the same radical

馬駅駐駆騒驚騰駄騙馴

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