Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home

審: hearing, judge

Also: trial

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · 番 is drawn in

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds

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

Also read つまびらか, つぶさに, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)宀 roof + 釆 to distinguish + 田

There are two theories about the component 田. One is that it was originally 口 (“mouth”), then corrupted into 曰 (“say”), then further into 田.

Source: Wiktionary, 審 (rev. 92391889), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 审 · traditional, as in Japanese · shěn

Japan keeps the traditional form 審; mainland China simplifies it to 审.

Simplified
审 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
審 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shěn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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