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Kanji 審: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 審: hearing, judge, trial

Key takeaways

Kanji 審: hearing, judge, trial. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

hearingjudgetrial

On reading

シン

Kun reading

つまび.らかつぶさ.に

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 審

hearing, judge, trial

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

宀 + 番

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine people inside a building (宀) examining items or cases in their proper turn (番). It represents the process of judging or screening something by carefully looking through the details one by one.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

シン
  • 審議しんぎ

    deliberation / discussion / examination

  • 審査しんさ

    examination / review / screening

  • 審判しんばん

    referee / judgement / trial

  • 不審ふしん

    suspicion / distrust / doubt

  • 審判しんぱん

    referee / umpire / judgement

Commonly used words

  • 審議
    しんぎ

    deliberation / discussion / examination

  • 審査
    しんさ

    examination / review / screening

  • 審判
    しんばん

    referee / judgement / trial

  • 不審
    ふしん

    suspicion / distrust / doubt

  • 審判
    しんぱん

    referee / umpire / judgement

Example sentences

Example 1

会議で新しいルールを議した。

Translation

We deliberated on the new rules at the meeting.

Example 2

法律の議がまだ終わっていない。

Translation

The deliberation on the law is not finished yet.

Example 3

書類の査に時間がかかる。

Translation

The document review takes time.

Example 4

大会の査員を務めました。

Translation

I served as a judge for the competition.

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