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試

Try
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingこころ.みる、ため.す
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 4Level 9

Verbs with «試»

試す試みる

Meanings

  1. try
  2. attempt
  3. experiment
  4. ordeal
  5. testRtK
  1. trial

Popular Usage

試合試験

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · style · arrow (矢) · craft (工)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 378

Compound words

試験しけん
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment
試合しあい
match; game; bout; contest
試しためし
trial; test; try
試すためす
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
試みるこころみる
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
試みこころみ
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort
試案しあん
tentative plan; draft plan
試行しこう
making an attempt; trial run
試作しさく
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
試算しさん
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
試写ししゃ
preview; private showing
試食ししょく
sampling food; tasting; trying
試着しちゃく
trying on clothes
試薬しやく
reagent
試料しりょう
sample; specimen; test piece
試練しれん
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
入試にゅうし
entrance examination
試運転しうんてん
trial run; test run
試金石しきんせき
touchstone (assaying tool); touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
力試しちからだめし
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
試験場しけんじょう
examination hall; examination room; laboratory; experimental station; testing ground
試験的しけんてき
experimental; provisional
試行錯誤しこうさくご
trial and error
入学試験にゅうがくしけん
entrance examination

On Reading Examples

彼の教え子の中でその試験に合格した者はいなかった。しけん
Neither of his students passed the exam.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は勉強しなかったため試験に失敗した。
He failed in the examination because he had not studied.tatoeba
彼は平気でこの企てを試みた。
No scruple held him back from making this attempt.tatoeba
彼は病気のために試験が受けられなかった。
He could not take examination on account of his illness.tatoeba
彼は必ず試合に勝つだろう。
It is certain that he'll win the game.tatoeba
試合競技があること。
Judo matches are held in tournaments.wiki
Jリーグ初の試合中止
First suspension of a J. League gamewiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Try. 言 (words) + 式 (method) — testing whether a method works.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 試

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step