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验

驗
yàn
verb HSK 7-9 #7,822

Meanings

  1. 1 to examine; to test; to check
  2. 2 to verify; to prove
  3. 3 experience

Examples

HSK 4
去医院做个检验。
Qù yīyuàn zuò gè jiǎnyàn.
Go to the hospital for a checkup.
HSK 4
这是一次很好的体验。
Zhè shì yí cì hěn hǎo de tǐyàn.
This was a great experience.
HSK 4
他有丰富的经验。
Tā yǒu fēngfù de jīngyàn.
He has rich experience.

Tips

usage
验 is used in: 经验 (experience), 体验 (experience firsthand), 实验 (experiment), 检验 (inspect/test), 考验 (test/trial), 验证 (verify). 经验 and 体验 are everyday words.

Components

radical
马 mǎ
horse (radical)
Left horse radical - the indexing radical, anchoring the etymology in horse-checking. Inspectors traditionally examined horses for soundness, branding, and pedigree before sale or military levy; that act of close scrutiny gave 验 its modern senses of testing, verifying, and proving. Same radical powers 骑, 驾, 骗.
phonetic
佥 qiān
all together (here phonetic)
Right 佥 carries the sound, with regular q→y drift from medieval qiān to modern yàn. The same phonetic powers a tight family: 检 to inspect, 险 dangerous (testing one's nerve), 捡 to pick up, 剑 sword - all share the senses of probing or selecting one from many.

Stroke Order

验 yàn