審
hearing, judge, trial
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
20 of 145- 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
Study
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.