ChiramiN4 kanji · 18 strokes
験 means test, verify
馬 horse
験Memory trick
Checking every horse (馬) one by one: to test, to verify.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- verification, effect, testing
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- Grade 4 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) あかし akashi
あかし (akashi) 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: しるし shirushi, ためす tamesu, ためし tameshi
From Chinese (onyomi) ケン ken
ケン (ken) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ゲン gen
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
試験 しけん · shiken
examination, exam
Built from
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馬 Used in 12 kanji
灬 Used in 47 kanji
See all 5 at N5 and N4人 Used in 65 kanji
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What does 験 mean?
Right: 験 means test, verify.Not quite: 験 means test, verify.In 試験, which reading does 験 use?
Right. 試験 is read しけん (shiken): 験 takes ケン, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 試験 is read しけん (shiken): 験 takes ケン, its reading from Chinese.