験

See also: 驗 and 验

験 U+9A13, 験 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A13 ← 騒 [U+9A12] CJK Unified Ideographs 騔 → [U+9A14]

Translingual

Traditional	驗
Shinjitai	験
Simplified	验

Etymology

Simplified from 驗 (僉 → 㑒); Japanese simplification (shinjitai); compare 検, 険, 剣. Current form 馬 + 㑒.

Han character

験 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸火人一人 (SFOMO) or 難尸火人一 (XSFOM), composition ⿰馬㑒)

1. test, examine, inspect
2. verify

Related characters

• 検 険 剣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1441, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44835
• Dae Jaweon: page 1965, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4562, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9A13

Japanese

Shinjitai	験
Kyūjitai	驗

Kanji

験

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 驗)

1. to verify

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō ^†)^{←げん (gen, historical)←げむ (gemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: げん (gen, Jōyō ^†)^{←げん (gen, historical)←げむ (gemu, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
• Kun: しるし (shirushi, 験); あかし (akashi, 験); ためす (tamesu, 験す)

Compounds

• 経験(けいけん) (keiken, “experience”)
• 経験(けいけん)値(ち) (keikenchi, “experience point”)
• 試(し)験(けん) (shiken, “test”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
験
げん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
驗 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げん [gèń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

験(げん) or 験(ゲン) • (gen) ^{←げん (gen)?}

1. Effect; efficacy.
2. Omen.

Derived terms

• 験(げん)を担(かつ)ぐ (gen o katsugu)