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試

JLPT N3 SL5 13 strokes Frequency: #1095

Meanings

test, try, attempt, experiment

Radicals

言

Decomposition

⿰言式

Etymology

Pictophonetic: speech

Writing Practice

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Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical bottom-to-top

6 corner bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 rising left-to-right

12 hook right-to-left

13 dot right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ため tame

こころ kokoro

Words Using This Kanji

320 words total

シ (9 words)

試験しけん

exam / test / trial

試合しあい

match / game / contest

日本語能力試験にほんごのうりょくしけん

Japanese-Language Proficiency Test / JLPT

実技試験じつぎしけん

practical exam / skills test

試作機しさくき

prototype / test model / experimental aircraft

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ため (2 words)

試すためす

to try / test / attempt

試しためし

trial / test / attempt

Other (309 words)

testing

試みこころみ

attempt

試むこころむ

to attempt

試みるこころみる

to try

試しにためしに

as a test

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