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審

hearing, judge, trial

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 500Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • シン

Kun'yomi

  • つまび.らか
  • つぶさ.に

Nanori

  • あきら

Meaning

審 centers on careful examination to reach a judgment: a formal hearing, a trial, or the act of judging something thoroughly.

Most common words using 審

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  • 審査しんさ
    N1

    judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review

  • 審議しんぎ
    N1

    deliberation; discussion; consideration

  • 不審ふしん
    N1

    doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness

  • 審判しんぱん
    N3

    judgement; judgment; decision; verdict; sentence

  • 審理しんり

    trial

  • 陪審ばいしん

    jury

  • 審問しんもん

    trial; hearing; inquiry; examination; interrogation

  • 主審しゅしん

    chief umpire; referee (soccer, boxing, etc.)

  • 再審さいしん

    retrial; reopening of a case

  • 審美しんび

    aesthetic appreciation

  • 球審きゅうしん

    umpire-in-chief; plate umpire

  • 誤審ごしん

    misjudgment; misjudgement

  • 最後の審判さいごのしんぱん

    Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)

  • 副審ふくしん

    assistant umpire; assistant referee

  • 結審けっしん

    conclusion of trial; conclusion of a hearing

  • 塁審るいしん

    base umpire

  • 審決しんけつ

    trial decision; decision by a court; judgment from a trial

  • 不審火ふしんび

    fire of suspicious origin; suspected arson

  • 原審げんしん

    original sentence

  • 予審よしん

    preliminary examination; pretrial hearing

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Etymology

審 combines 宀 (roof) with 番 (number, turn), suggesting a detailed examination under a roof, like a formal hearing or trial. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the phono-semantic structure is plausible.

Meaning mnemonic

Under a roof 宀, someone goes over the details 番 one by one, like a judge examining evidence in a trial.

Reading mnemonic

For シン, imagine a judge in a courtroom scene: the judge's stern 'shin' (shin as in shin bone) taps the floor as they deliver the verdict. Shin -> シン.