Chinese symbol for “examine”
审查
shěn chá
Traditional: 審查
to examine; to investigate; to censor out; censorship
The closest CC-CEDICT match for examine is 审查 (shěn chá), defined as: to examine; to investigate; to censor out; censorship.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “examine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 考核 | kǎo hé | to examine; to check up on |
| 审 (審) | shěn | to examine; to investigate |
| 察 | chá | to examine; to inquire |
| 验 (驗) | yàn | to examine; to test |
| 核查 | hé chá | to examine; to inspect |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 审查.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审判 (審判) | shěn pàn | a trial; to try sb |
| 审议 (審議) | shěn yì | (of a committee etc) to deliberate; to consider; to discuss |
| 审核 (審核) | shěn hé | to audit; to investigate thoroughly |
| 审批 (審批) | shěn pī | to examine and approve; to endorse |
| 审理 (審理) | shěn lǐ | to hear (a case) |
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 检查 (檢查) | jiǎn chá | inspection; to examine |
| 查看 | chá kàn | to look over; to examine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “examine”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.