King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

察 — kanji meaning “guess”

guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand

Meanings
guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
14
School grade
4
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Newspaper frequency
#477 of 2,500
Classical radical
40
Chinese reading
chá — Chinese character page

Words with 察

WordReadingMeaning
けいさつ keisatsupolice
かんさつ kansatsuobservation; survey; watching
けんさつ kensatsucriminal investigation; prosecution
しさつ shisatsuinspection; observation
ていさつ teisatsuscouting; reconnaissance
しんさつ shinsatsumedical examination; checkup; consultation
こうさつ kousatsuconsideration; inquiry; enquiry
どうさつ dousatsudiscernment; insight
けんさつかん kensatsukanpublic prosecutor
けいさつちょう keisatsuchouNational Police Agency; NPA
さっち satchito sense; to infer; to gather
ささつ sasatsuinspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.