检
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to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint
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Dict coverage rank #806 U+68C0
How 检 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 佥 (phonetic, qiān)
How to remember it
examine · Heisig RSH #1435
木 tree + hootenanny
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 佥
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 佥 (qiān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 佥 sound component | qiān | all, together, unanimous |
| 脸 | liǎn | face, cheek; reputation |
| 险 | xiǎn | narrow pass, strategic point |
| 验 | yàn | to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify |
| 剑 | jiàn | sword, dagger, saber |
| 签 | qiān | to sign, to endorse; a note, a slip of paper |
| 俭 | jiǎn | temperate, frugal, economical |
| 敛 | liǎn | to collect, to extort |
| 睑 | jiǎn | eyelid |
| 捡 | jiǎn | to pick up, to gather, to collect |
| 殓 | liàn | to dress a corpse for burial |
| 硷 | jiǎn | alkaline, alkali, lye, salt |
| 莶 | xiān | vine |
| 猃 | xiǎn | long-snouted dog |
| 裣 | liǎn | draw one's hands into sleeve |
Words containing 检
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公检法 | gōng jiǎn fǎ | public security authorities, acronym from 公安局[gong1 an1 ju2], 檢察院|检察院[jian3 cha2 yuan4] an… |
| 检字法 | jiǎn zì fǎ | indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary |
| 活体检视 | huó tǐ jiǎn shì | biopsy |
| 体格检查 | tǐ gé jiǎn chá | physical examination; clinical examination; health checkup |
| 身体检查 | shēn tǐ jiǎn chá | see 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] |
| 全民英检 | Quán mín Yīng jiǎn | General English Proficiency Test (GEPT), commissioned by Taiwan's Ministry of Education in… |
| 全文检索 | quán wén jiǎn suǒ | full-text search |
| 检字表 | jiǎn zì biǎo | character index; table for looking up characters (in a dictionary or reference work) |
| 自检 | zì jiǎn | to act with self-restraint; to examine oneself; to perform a self-test |
| 安检 | ān jiǎn | security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1 quan2 jian3 cha2]); to do a security check |
| 飞行检查 | fēi xíng jiǎn chá | unannounced inspection; (sports) out-of-season drug testing; abbr. to 飛檢|飞检[fei1 jian3] |
| 体检 | tǐ jiǎn | abbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] |
| 检出 | jiǎn chū | to detect |
| 产前检查 | chǎn qián jiǎn chá | prenatal checkup; antenatal examination |
| 车检 | chē jiǎn | to inspect a vehicle |
| 光检测器 | guāng jiǎn cè qì | optical detector |
| 检点 | jiǎn diǎn | to examine; to check; to keep a lookout; cautious; restrained (in speech or mannerisms) |
| 点检 | diǎn jiǎn | to inspect one by one; to list individually |
| 超声波检查 | chāo shēng bō jiǎn chá | echography; ultrasound scan |
| 检定 | jiǎn dìng | a test; determination; to check up on; to examine; to assay |