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審 — Hearing

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary school#412 most used
hearing, judge, trial
On’yomiシン (shin)
Kun’yomiつまびらか (tsumabiraka)
Kun’yomiつぶさ (tsubusani)

Stroke order (15 strokes)

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Common words using 審

WordReadingMeaning
審議しんぎ
shingi
deliberation; discussion; consideration
審査しんさ
shinsa
judging; inspection; examination
審判しんぱん
shinpan
judgement; judgment; decision
一審いっしん
isshin
first instance; first trial
審理しんり
shinri
trial
不審ふしん
fushin
doubt; suspicion; question

Study notes

審 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #412 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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