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Chinese symbol for “inquest”

审讯
shěn xùn
Traditional: 審訊
inquest; trial; interrogation; to try

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inquest is 审讯 (shěn xùn), defined as: inquest; trial; interrogation; to try; to interrogate.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

审 shěn
to examine, to investigate; to judge; to try
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
讯 xùn
news, information; to question, to interrogate
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 审讯.

WordPinyinMeaning
审查 (審查)shěn cháto examine; to investigate
审判 (審判)shěn pàna 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 héto audit; to investigate thoroughly
审批 (審批)shěn pīto examine and approve; to endorse
审理 (審理)shěn lǐto hear (a case)
资讯 (資訊)zī xùninformation
通讯 (通訊)tōng xùncommunications; news story

See also: Japanese symbol for “inquest”.

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.

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