験 — how to write the kanji for “verification”
験 means “verification”, “effect” and “testing”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in fourth grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 410th most used kanji. KANJIDIC2 gives it 2 on readings and 4 kun readings, so the word decides how you say it. Its parts sit side by side: 馬 (“horse”, its radical), strokes 1–10; 㑒, strokes 11–18, each finished before the next. Its common words take the reading ken: 体験 (“(practical) experience”), 受験 (“taking an examination”), 実験 (“experiment”) and 経験 (“experience”).
- Strokes
- 18
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 馬 (“horse”)
- On
- ケン, ゲン
- Kun
- あかし, しるし, ため·す
Stroke by stroke
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- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆leftrightwards → downwards
- Dot ㇔bottom leftdownwards
- Dot ㇔bottom leftdownwards
- Dot ㇔leftdown and right
- Dot ㇔leftdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏topdown and right
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Vertical ㇑centerdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕centerrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottomrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdownwards → down and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏bottomdown and right
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ケン ken, ゲン gen (rare)
- Kun (native)
- あかし akashi (rare), しるし shirushi (rare), ため·す tame-su (rare), ためし tameshi (rare)
- Meanings
- verification; effect; testing
- Read ken
- 体験 受験 実験 経験 試験 経験者
- School year
- fourth grade
- Newspaper rank
- 410th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 험 heom
- Common words
- 17 in JMdict
Words with 験
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 体験 | たいけん taiken | (practical) experience; personal experience |
| 受験 | じゅけん juken | taking an examination |
| 実験 | じっけん jikken | experiment; experimentation |
| 経験 | けいけん keiken | experience |
| 試験 | しけん shiken | examination; exam |
| 経験者 | けいけんしゃ keikensha | experienced person; person who has had a particular experience |
| 核実験 | かくじっけん kakujikken | nuclear (bomb) test |
| 国家試験 | こっかしけん kokkashiken | state examination; national examination |
| 試験場 | しけんじょう shikenjou | examination hall; examination room |
| 実験室 | じっけんしつ jikkenshitsu | laboratory |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Same parts:
JLPT N4, in list order: