The kanji 試: meaning, readings and stroke order

試

Meaning: try, test
On reading: シ shi
Kun reading: こころ（みる） kokoromiru、ため（す） tamesu
Strokes: 13
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thử (thí)
Japanese: ためす。こころみる。
Korean: 시험하다, 해 보다 (시)
Chinese: 试、尝试 (试)

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading

試し合あい
game, match
明日野球の 試し合あいがあります。
There is a baseball game tomorrow.

こころ（みる） kokoromiru · kun reading · less common

試こころみる
to try
新しい方法を 試こころみます。
I try a new way.

ため（す） tamesu · kun reading

試ためす
to test, to try out
作った品を 試ためします。
I try out the thing I made.

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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.