检 — Chinese character
检
jiǎn
to check, to examine, to inspect
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 木 佥
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 佥
- Traditional
- 檢
Common words with 检
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 检查 (檢查) | jiǎn chá | inspection; to examine |
| 检测 (檢測) | jiǎn cè | to test; to detect |
| 检验 (檢驗) | jiǎn yàn | to inspect; to examine |
| 检察院 (檢察院) | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office; procuratorate |
| 检察 (檢察) | jiǎn chá | to inspect; (law) to prosecute |
| 检察官 (檢察官) | jiǎn chá guān | public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) |
| 检讨 (檢討) | jiǎn tǎo | to examine or inspect; self-criticism |
| 检索 (檢索) | jiǎn suǒ | to retrieve (data); to look up |
| 体检 (體檢) | tǐ jiǎn | abbr. for 体格检查 (tǐ gé jiǎn chá) |
| 检举 (檢舉) | jiǎn jǔ | to report (an offense to the authorities); to inform against sb |
| 检疫 (檢疫) | jiǎn yì | quarantine |
| 检方 (檢方) | jiǎn fāng | the prosecution; prosecutors |
English words written with 检
- inspector
- inspection
- prosecution
- prosecutor
- verification
- prosecutors
- quarantine
- inspect
- overhaul
- retrieval
- biopsy
- assay
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.