検

See also: 檢 and 检

検 U+691C, 検 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-691C ← 椛 [U+691B] CJK Unified Ideographs 椝 → [U+691D]

Translingual

Traditional	檢
Shinjitai	検
Simplified	检

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 檢 (僉 → 㑒); compare 険, 験, 剣.

Han character

検 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木人一人 (DOMO) or 難木人一人 (XDOMO), composition ⿰木㑒)

Related characters

• 険, 験, 剣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 537, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15065
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1235, character 3
• Unihan data for U+691C

Japanese

Shinjitai	検
Kyūjitai	檢

Kanji

検

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 檢)

1. to check
2. examine

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
• Kun: しらべる (shiraberu, 検べる)

Compounds

• 検(けん)案(あん) (ken'an)
• 検(けん)印(いん) (ken'in)
• 検(けん)疫(えき) (ken'eki)
• 検(けん)閲(えつ) (ken'etsu)
• 検(けん)挙(きょ) (kenkyo)
• 検(けん)査(さ) (kensa)
• 検(けん)索(さく) (kensaku)
• 検(けん)察(さつ) (kensatsu)
• 検(けん)札(さつ) (kensatsu)
• 検(けん)視(し) (kenshi)
• 検(けん)死(し) (kenshi)
• 検(けん)使(し) (kenshi)
• 検(けん)事(じ) (kenji)
• 検(けん)証(しょう) (kenshō)
• 検(けん)正(しょう) (kenshō)
• 検(けん)定(てい) (kentei)
• 検(けん)討(とう) (kentō)
• 検(けん)品(ぴん) (kenpin)