验
to examine; to test; to check
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Dict coverage rank #840 U+9A8C
How 验 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
马 (semantic, “horse”) + 佥 (phonetic, qiān)
How to remember it
check · Heisig RSH #1457
马 horse + 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 |
| 检 | jiǎn | to check, to examine, to inspect |
| 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 验
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 实验心理学 | shí yàn xīn lǐ xué | experimental psychology |
| 布鲁克海文国家实验室 | Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Guó jiā Shí yàn shì | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 大学学科能力测验 | Dà xué Xué kē Néng lì Cè yàn | General Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan) |
| 国家重点实验室 | Guó jiā Zhòng diǎn Shí yàn shì | State Key Laboratories (university laboratories in PRC supported by the central government… |
| 经验主义 | jīng yàn zhǔ yì | empiricism |
| 科学实验 | kē xué shí yàn | scientific experiment |
| 布鲁克海文实验室 | Bù lǔ kè hǎi wén Shí yàn shì | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| 验明正身 | yàn míng zhèng shēn | to identify; to verify sb's identity; identification |
| 验电器 | yàn diàn qì | electroscope |
| 验光法 | yàn guāng fǎ | optometry; eyesight testing |
| 华语文能力测验 | Huá yǔ wén Néng lì Cè yàn | TOCFL (Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language) |
| 大气层核试验 | dà qì céng hé shì yàn | atmospheric nuclear test |
| 地下核试验 | dì xià hé shì yàn | underground nuclear test |
| 语言实验室 | yǔ yán shí yàn shì | language laboratory |
| 超验主义 | chāo yàn zhǔ yì | transcendentalism |
| 流体核试验 | liú tǐ hé shì yàn | hydronuclear explosion (HNE) |
| 验光师 | yàn guāng shī | optometrist |
| 化验 | huà yàn | chemical examination; to do a lab test |
| 体验 | tǐ yàn | to experience for oneself |
| 验光配镜法 | yàn guāng pèi jìng fǎ | optometry; eyesight testing |