漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
試: test, try
Also: attempt, experiment, ordeal
JLPT N413 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 式 gives the sound
13 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 試験しけんexamination
- 試合しあいgame
- 試行錯誤しこうさくごtrial and error
- 試作するしさくするmake a prototype
- 試食するししょくするtaste, sample food
- 試着するしちゃくするtry on clothes
こころみるkokoromiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 試みるこころみるattempt
ためすtamesu · kun'yomi
- 試すためすtry
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 (meaning) + 式 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 試 (rev. 92201742), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side試 test · 式
vs誠 sincerity · 成In ChineseSimplified 试 · traditional, as in Japanese · shì
Japan keeps the traditional form 試; mainland China simplifies it to 试.
- Simplified
- 试 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 試 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shì 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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