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验

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to examine; to test; to check

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
10
Radical
馬 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
驗
Common rank
#840
Unicode
U+9A8C

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Formation & memory

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How 验 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

马 meaning “horse” + 佥 sound ( qiān )

Components 马 佥

How to remember it

check · Heisig RSH #1457

马 horse + hootenanny

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 验

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
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

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 佥 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
佥 sound part 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