Examine

On’yomi: けん
Kun’yomi: —
Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
School grade: 5
Strokes: 12

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).

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),examinationN3

検討けんとう consideration,examination,investigation,study,scrutinyN3

検事けんじ public prosecutorN1

検 is rank 299 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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