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shěn

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shěn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shěn | shen3
English translation
to examine, to investigate; to judge; to try

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About shěn

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

shěn

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

courtroom

Etymology of shěn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

宀番

Semantic compound

gài

Phonetic compound

Pān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and Shēn represents the sound. Simplified form of shěn .

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Words with shěn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
陪审团 péi shěn tuán jury陪審團
审判 shěnpàn a trial審判
审计 shěn jì to audit審計
评审 píng shěn to appraise評審
审查 shěnchá to examine審查
审讯 shěn xùn inquest審訊
审议 shěn yì deliberation審議
审批 shěn pī to endorse審批
审理 shěnlǐ to hear (a case)審理
shěn to examine shěn
审问 shěn wèn to interrogate審問
审核 shěn hé to audit審核
庭审 tíng shěn court hearing庭審
陪审员 péi shěn yuán juror陪審員
审美 shěnměi esthetics審美
一审 yī shěn first instance (law)一審
审视 shěn shì to examine審視
受审 shòu shěn to stand trial受審
审定 shěn dìng to screen審定
审计署 shěn jì shǔ audit office審計署
终审 zhōng shěn final ruling終審
审慎 shěn shèn prudent審慎
初审 chū shěn preliminary trial初審
预审 yù shěn preliminary hearing預審
审阅 shěn yuè to review or peruse審閱

shěn Decomposition & Compounds

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