検
検·examine, inspect, investigate
- On-yomi
- ケン
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 検査 | けんさ | inspection, examination (medical, technical) |
| 検討 | けんとう | consideration, examination of a proposal |
| 点検 | てんけん | checking over, going through item by item |
| 探検 | たんけん | exploration, expedition |
Example sentences
病院で血液の検査を受けた。
びょういんでけつえきのけんさをうけた。
I had a blood test at the hospital.
その案は来週の会議で検討します。
そのあんはらいしゅうのかいぎでけんとうします。
We will consider that proposal at next week's meeting.
出発前に車を点検しておこう。
しゅっぱつまえにくるまをてんけんしておこう。
Let's check the car over before we set off.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Mixing 検討 (けんとう, examining a proposal) with 見当 (けんとう, a guess) — same sound, opposite jobs
- Writing 保健 for 保険 or 検 for 険 — the left-hand radical is what distinguishes them
Memory aid
Picture it
木 (wood) beside 僉 (gather and compare): timber laid out side by side to be inspected piece by piece.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 点検てんけんinspection
- 検事けんじpublic prosecutor
- 検証けんしょうverification, validation
- 検閲けんえつcensorship
- 検出けんしゅつdetection (of a substance)
- 検挙けんきょarrest, roundup
- 検問けんもんcheckpoint inspection
- 検定けんていofficial approval, certification test
- 探検たんけんexploration; expedition
- 検診けんしんmedical checkup, screening
- 検査けんさexamination, test, inspection
- 検索けんさくsearch (online)
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