The kanji 検: meaning, readings and stroke order

検

Meaning: examine, check
On reading: ケン ken
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 12
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 5 · grade 5
Old form: 檢

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kiểm tra (kiểm)
Japanese: しらべる。たしかめる。
Korean: 검사하다, 살피다 (검)
Chinese: 检查 (检)

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading

検けん査さ
test, checkup
学校で目の 検けん査さを受けます。
We have our eyes checked at school.

Practise writing 検 in the app

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.