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审

shěn

examine

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound. Simplified form of 審.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

申 sound component

申  Sound component

shēn

  

to extend

Evolution

审 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
审 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
审 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
审 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
审 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

审 (審) 

shěn

examine, investigate; judge; to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)

Most common words with 审
Freq.
Word
Meaning

陪审团

jury

审判

a trial

审计

to audit

评审

to appraise

审查

to examine

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

婶 渖

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 29.6812% of movies

871st most common character in movies

746th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

審

Unicode

U+5BA1


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