試
test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
Readings
On'yomi
- シ
Kun'yomi
- こころ.みる
- ため.す
Meaning
試 centers on putting something to the proof: testing, trying, or experimenting to see if it works or holds up. The ordeal sense is a severe form of testing.
Most common words using 試
24 of 356- 試しためしN3
trial; test; try
- 試合しあいN5
match; game; bout; contest
- 試験しけんN4
examination; exam; test
- 試みこころみN1
attempt; trial; experiment
- 試すためすN3
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
- 入試にゅうしN1
entrance examination
- 試作しさくN1
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
- 試練しれん
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
- 試みるこころみるN2
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
- 試行しこう
making an attempt; trial run
- 試行錯誤しこうさくごN1
trial and error
- 試算しさん
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
- 試着しちゃくN3
trying on clothes
- 試食ししょくN2
sampling food; tasting; trying
- 試写ししゃ
preview; private showing
- 試運転しうんてん
trial run; test run
- 試料しりょう
sample; specimen; test piece
- 試薬しやく
reagent
- 試験場しけんじょう
examination hall; examination room
- 試金石しきんせき
touchstone (assaying tool)
- 試案しあん
tentative plan; draft plan
- 力試しちからだめしN1
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
- 国家試験こっかしけん
state examination; national examination
- 試験的しけんてき
experimental; provisional
Study
Etymology
試 combines 言 (speech, words) with 式, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of pattern or standard. The idea is testing or examining through words or a set form.
Meaning mnemonic
Words 言 are used to set a standard 式 for testing. Picture an examiner reading out a test script to try someone's knowledge.
Reading mnemonic
For シ, imagine a teacher saying 'She passed the test!' — 'She' cues シ, and the test is the 試.