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Chinese symbol for “validate”

验证
yàn zhèng
Traditional: 驗證
to inspect and verify; experimental verification; to validate (a theory); to authenticate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for validate is 验证 (yàn zhèng), defined as: to inspect and verify; experimental verification; to validate (a theory); to authenticate.

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Characters and stroke order

验 yàn
to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify
radical 187 ⾺ · 10 strokes
证 zhèng
to prove, to verify; certificate, proof
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 验证.

WordPinyinMeaning
经验 (經驗)jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
实验 (實驗)shí yànexperiment; test
体验 (體驗)tǐ yànto experience for oneself
试验 (試驗)shì yànexperiment; test
实验室 (實驗室)shí yàn shìlaboratory; 间 (jiān)
检验 (檢驗)jiǎn yànto inspect; to examine
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
保证 (保證)bǎo zhèngguarantee; to guarantee

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.