检
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 木 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 檢
- Common rank
- #806
- Unicode
- U+68C0
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
examine · Heisig RSH #1435
木 tree + hootenanny
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 检
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公检法 | public security authorities, acronym from 公安局[gong1 an1 ju2], 檢察院|检察院[jian3 cha2 yuan4] an… | |
| 检字法 | indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary | |
| 活体检视 | biopsy | |
| 体格检查 | physical examination; clinical examination; health checkup | |
| 身体检查 | see 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] | |
| 全民英检 | General English Proficiency Test (GEPT), commissioned by Taiwan's Ministry of Education in… | |
| 全文检索 | full-text search | |
| 检字表 | character index; table for looking up characters (in a dictionary or reference work) | |
| 自检 | to act with self-restraint; to examine oneself; to perform a self-test | |
| 安检 | 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 | unannounced inspection; (sports) out-of-season drug testing; abbr. to 飛檢|飞检[fei1 jian3] | |
| 体检 | abbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2] | |
| 检出 | to detect | |
| 产前检查 | prenatal checkup; antenatal examination | |
| 车检 | to inspect a vehicle | |
| 光检测器 | optical detector | |
| 检点 | to examine; to check; to keep a lookout; cautious; restrained (in speech or mannerisms) | |
| 点检 | to inspect one by one; to list individually | |
| 超声波检查 | echography; ultrasound scan | |
| 检定 | a test; determination; to check up on; to examine; to assay |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 佥 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 佥 sound part | all, together, unanimous | |
| 脸 | face, cheek; reputation | |
| 险 | narrow pass, strategic point | |
| 验 | to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify | |
| 剑 | sword, dagger, saber | |
| 签 | to sign, to endorse; a note, a slip of paper | |
| 俭 | temperate, frugal, economical | |
| 敛 | to collect, to extort | |
| 睑 | eyelid | |
| 捡 | to pick up, to gather, to collect | |
| 殓 | to dress a corpse for burial | |
| 硷 | alkaline, alkali, lye, salt | |
| 莶 | vine | |
| 猃 | long-snouted dog | |
| 裣 | draw one's hands into sleeve |