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Kanji Detail for 審 - "to examine"

審

  • Meaning

    審 means "to examine." Also associated with detailed, obvious.

    1. Detailed - Thorough; clear; distinct.

    2. To examine - To investigate every detail; to clarify.

  • Words using 審

    • 審議 しんぎ Listen deliberation; discussion; consideration
    • 審査 しんさ Listen judging; inspection; examination
    • 審判 しんぱん Listen judgement; judgment; decision
    • 一審 いっしん Listen first instance; first trial
    • 審理 しんり Listen trial
    • 不審 ふしん Listen doubt; suspicion; question
    • 陪審 ばいしん Listen jury
    • 再審 さいしん Listen retrial; reopening of a case; review

  • Tattoo check: 審

    • Verified meaning: to examine
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, しん)
    • Also carries these associations: detailed, obvious

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 審

    Given names 審(あきら)Listen 審(しん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hearing; judge; trial

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    examine, investigate; judge

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to examine, to investigate; to judge; to try

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To know completely. Knowing the situation in detail is called 審. In letters, "not knowing fully" is also written as 未審. Also written as 讅, 諗. | To investigate thoroughly. Meaning to repeatedly distinguish and consider. Such as auditing finances called 審計. | Trying cases is called 審. Such as 審判, meaning to try lawsuits. | A particle. Having the meaning of certainty. Such as 審如是也, like saying "indeed so." | [Character analysis] The middle is from 采, pronounced 辨. The vulgar form from 米 is incorrect.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsubusa.ni(つぶさ-に) つぶさ-に

    tsumabi.raka(つまび-らか) つまび-らか

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    detailed to examine obvious precise clear examination judging trial analyze assess consider evaluate inspect investigate review scrutinize determine thorough appraise research

Sentences including 審

  • He has no eye for beautiful.

  • I was asked to umpire the game.

  • The problem will be on the carpet at the next meeting.

  • Who will hear the case?

  • He has an eye for the beautiful.

  • She has an eye for the beautiful.

  • That question is under discussion.

  • She has an eye for the beautiful.

  • Your sister has a sense of beauty.

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