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Kanji Detail for 試 - "to try, test"

試

  • Meaning

    試 means "to try, test." Also associated with to appoint.

    1. Try - To attempt; to test.

    2. Test - To examine; to evaluate.

    3. Appoint - To assign to a position.

  • Words using 試

    • 試験 しけん Listen examination; exam; test
    • 入試 にゅうし Listen entrance examination
    • 試み こころみ Listen attempt; trial; experiment
    • 試算 しさん Listen trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
    • 試案 しあん Listen tentative plan; draft plan
    • 試作 しさく Listen trial manufacture; experiment; test piece
    • 試金石 しきんせき Listen touchstone (assaying tool); touchstone (e.g. of success); test
    • 国家試験 こっかしけん Listen state examination; national examination

  • Four-character idioms with 試

    • 試行錯誤 しこうさくご Listen trial and error

  • Tattoo check: 試

    • Verified meaning: to try, test
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to appoint

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    test; try; attempt; experiment; ordeal

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    test, try, experiment

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to test; to try; experiment; examination; test

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to try, to experiment; exam, test

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

    To try. Briefly doing something to see if it works is called 嘗試 (try). Such as 試用 (trial use), 試辦 (trial operation). | To compare. Comparing the quality of things is called 試. Such as 考試 (examination), 試驗 (test).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kokoro.miru(こころ-みる) こころ-みる

    tame.su(ため-す) ため-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    try test appoint attempt trial examination experiment assess evaluate check inspection verification review sample

Sentences including 試

  • Let's have a go at it.

  • I watched the game from beginning to end.

  • All our attempts failed.

  • He had his arm broken during the game.

  • I'm sure he'll pass the coming exam.

  • I am sure of his passing the exam.

  • Let me play the next game.

  • She loves watching tennis matches on tv.

  • He is certain to win the game.

  • It is strange that he should have lost the game.

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