审

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

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #953 U+5BA1

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

宀 (semantic, “courtroom”) + 申 (phonetic, shēn)

components: 宀申

painstaking · Heisig RSH #2176

house + monkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 申

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 申 (shēn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
申 sound component	shēn	to report; to extend; to explain; to declare
神	shén	god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
砷	shēn	arsenic
绅	shēn	girdle, tie; gentry; to bend
胂	shèn	arsine
呻	shēn	to moan, to groan; to chant
抻	chēn	to pull

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
审美眼光	shěn měi yǎn guāng	an eye for beauty; aesthetic judgment
审美活动	shěn měi huó dòng	appreciating the arts; esthetic activity
审级制度	shěn jí zhì dù	system of appeals (to higher court)
审计长	shěn jì zhǎng	auditor
审度时势	shěn duó shí shì	to examine and judge the situation
审时度势	shěn shí duó shì	to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock
一审	yī shěn	first instance (law)
审计员	shěn jì yuán	accountant; auditor
会审	huì shěn	joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers)
公审	gōng shěn	public trial (in a court of law)
审美快感	shěn měi kuài gǎn	esthetic pleasure
审理	shěn lǐ	to hear (a case)
听审会	tīng shěn huì	hearing (law)
重审	chóng shěn	to reinvestigate; to investigate and reconsider a judgment
审定	shěn dìng	to examine sth and make a decision; to screen; to evaluate; to approve
承审法官	chéng shěn fǎ guān	trial judge
同行评审	tóng háng píng shěn	peer review
审美观	shěn měi guān	esthetic conception; esthetic point of view; standard
公平审判权	gōng píng shěn pàn quán	the right to a fair trial
审美	shěn měi	esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste