ChiramiN4 kanji · 13 strokes
試 means test, try
試
言 words · 式 a set form
試Memory trick
Words (言) in a set form (式): a test, to try.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- test, try, attempt, experiment
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 4 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) こころみる kokoromiru
こころみる (kokoromiru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: ためす tamesu
From Chinese (onyomi) シ shi
シ (shi) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
試験 しけん · shiken
examination, exam
Built from
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弋 Used in 9 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4工 Used in 20 kanji
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What does 試 mean?
Right: 試 means test, try.Not quite: 試 means test, try.In 試験, which reading does 試 use?
Right. 試験 is read しけん (shiken): 試 takes シ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 試験 is read しけん (shiken): 試 takes シ, its reading from Chinese.