Kanji1 / 12
検 kanji
examination, investigate
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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On readings
ケン
Kun readings
しらべる
Variant forms
檢Words with 検
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —飲酒検知器breathalyser; alcometer
- —ウェブ検索web search
- —内視鏡検査endoscopy
- —身体装検器type of detector used at airports
- —会計検査官auditor
- —検非違使庁office in Heian Kyoto responsible for police and judicial duties
- —ＨＰＶ検査HPV test; test for human papilloma virus
- —関節鏡検査arthroscopy
- —鉱石検波器crystal detector
- —衝撃検流計ballistic galvanometer
- —腹腔鏡検査laparoscopy
- —エコー検査ultrasound scan; ultrasonography
- —自然文検索searching with natural language; natural sentence search
- —尤度比検定likelihood ratio test
- —検定統計量test statistic
- —筋電図検査electromyography; EMG
- —有意性検定test of significance; significance test
- —妊娠検査薬pregnancy test kit; pregnancy test
- —経会陰生検transperineal biopsy (esp. of the prostate)
- —動物検疫所animal quarantine station