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検

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • examination
  • investigate

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • しら.べる
Strokes
12
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#617
School Grade
Grade 5
Radical
木#75 · tree

Components

Common Words

  • 検診けんしんNounmedical examination (for a specific condition or disease), health screening
  • 検疫けんえきNounquarantine, medical inspection
  • 検閲けんえつNouncensorship
  • 検挙けんきょNounarrest, roundup
  • 検査けんさNouninspection (e.g. customs, factory), examination, test, check, scan (e.g. MRI, PET), audit
  • 検索けんさくNounlooking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary), search (e.g. on the Internet), retrieval (of information), reference
  • 検察けんさつNouncriminal investigation, prosecution
  • 検事けんじNounpublic prosecutor

Practice in Kanjiru

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