験
験 — Verification
verification, effect, testing
On’yomiケン (ken)
On’yomiゲン (gen)
Kun’yomiあかし (akashi)
Kun’yomiしるし (shirushi)
Kun’yomiためす (tamesu)
Kun’yomiためし (tameshi)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 験
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 経験 | けいけん keiken | experience |
| 試験 | しけん shiken | examination; exam; test |
| 実験 | じっけん jikken | experiment; experimentation |
| 受験 | じゅけん juken | taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university) |
| 体験 | たいけん taiken | (practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience |
| 経験者 | けいけんしゃ keikensha | experienced person; person who has had a particular experience |
Study notes
験 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #410 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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