# 検 — Examine

Frequency rank 299 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 広 (Wide), less common than 断 (Cut Off).

- On’yomi: けん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 5
- Strokes: 12

The inspector shakes the Tree until it drops the Squid that was flung up into its branches, then works through the thing arm by arm on the tarpaulin, Examining every sucker for the swallowed ring.

In words:

- 検査 けんさ — inspection (e.g. customs, factory),examination
- 検討 けんとう — consideration,examination,investigation,study,scrutiny
- 検事 けんじ — public prosecutor

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