jiǎn
inspect
Original meaning:
label on a book
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 檢. Based on the original meaning "label on a book". The meaning later shifted to "arrange" and "examine".
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 检
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
inspection | ||
to detect | ||
to check | ||
public prosecutor | ||
to inspect |
Statistics
HSK level 2
Appears in 49.8318% of movies
657th most common character in movies
731st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+68C0 |
Sources
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