yàn
test
Original meaning:
type of horse
Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of horse". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 驗
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
experience | ||
test | ||
laboratory | ||
test | ||
to experience for oneself |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m-qʰr[a]m-s | ngjemH | yàn | verify |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 51.6579% of movies
708th most common character in movies
534th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 23 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9A57 |
Shuowen | “驗，馬名。从馬，僉聲。” |
Sources
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