检 (jiǎn): meaning and stroke order
检 (jiǎn) means to check, to examine, to inspect, to exercise restraint.
检
- Simplified
- 检
- Traditional
- 檢
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
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Stroke order of 检
检
- jiǎn to check; to examine
- 11 strokes
- Traditional form: 檢
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Meaning of 检
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jiǎn
Traditional 檢
- to check
- to examine
- to inspect
- to exercise restraint
Radical and structure
- 检
- Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 11 strokes · 木 on the left, 佥 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 检
- 检查 jiǎn chá inspection; to examine
- 体检 tǐ jiǎn abbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]
- 安检 ān jiǎn security check (abbr. for 安全檢查|安全检查[an1 quan2 jian3 cha2]); to do a security check
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).