Chinese Character Wiki
審

shěn

examine

Origin unclear.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

采 meaning component

采  Meaning component

cǎi, cài

  

gather, pick

口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

審 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
審 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

审 (審) 

shěn

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

Most common words with 審
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)

瀋 嬸

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.tʰ[ə]mʔ

syimX

shěn

examine, discriminate


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

15

Simplified

审

Unicode

U+5BE9

Shuowen

“宷，悉也，知宷諦也。从宀，从釆。審，篆文宷从番。”


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