jiǎn
inspect
Original meaning:
label on a book
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound. 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
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 檢
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
inspection | ||
to detect | ||
to check | ||
public prosecutor | ||
to inspect |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]r[a]mʔ | kjemX | jiǎn | measure (n.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 49.8318% of movies
657th most common character in movies
731st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6AA2 |
Shuowen | “檢，書署也。从木，僉聲。” |
Sources
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