审
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to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 審
- Common rank
- #952
- Unicode
- U+5BA1
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
painstaking · Heisig RSH #2176
house + monkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 审
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审美眼光 | an eye for beauty; aesthetic judgment | |
| 审美活动 | appreciating the arts; esthetic activity | |
| 审级制度 | system of appeals (to higher court) | |
| 审计长 | auditor | |
| 审度时势 | to examine and judge the situation | |
| 审时度势 | to judge the hour and size up the situation; to take stock | |
| 一审 | first instance (law) | |
| 审计员 | accountant; auditor | |
| 会审 | joint hearing; to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) | |
| 公审 | public trial (in a court of law) | |
| 审美快感 | esthetic pleasure | |
| 审理 | to hear (a case) | |
| 听审会 | hearing (law) | |
| 重审 | to reinvestigate; to investigate and reconsider a judgment | |
| 承审法官 | trial judge | |
| 审定 | to examine sth and make a decision; to screen; to evaluate; to approve | |
| 审美观 | esthetic conception; esthetic point of view; standard | |
| 同行评审 | peer review | |
| 公平审判权 | the right to a fair trial | |
| 审美 | esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 申 — compare how they read.