(jiǎn) - check, inspect, examine in Mandarin
jiǎnTraditional: 检
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Translation
check, inspect, examine
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the wood radical 木 carries the meaning (originally a label or seal on goods) and 佥 (qiān) supplies the sound, giving the modern sense of to check or inspect.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 木 (wood radical) + 佥 (qiān, phonetic)
Stroke order
检
Examples
。
Please check it.
。
An annual medical check-up is important.
业。
He is checking the homework.
。
The doctor is examining my eyes.
修。
I am going to get the car serviced.
检 (jiǎn) means to check or inspect, the head of 检查 (jiǎnchá, examine) and 体检 (tǐjiǎn, medical check-up).
Appears in 1 word
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 检.
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