試

Meaning

Test, try · probar, intentar

Readings

• On (音読み): シ
• Kun (訓読み): ため.す・こころ.みる

Example words

• 試験（しけん）— exam
• 試合（しあい）— match; game (sports)
• 試す（ためす）— to try out; test

Structure

Radical 言 (ごんべん・いう · Speech, word) · 13 strokes · school grade 4

Watch out

Spanish probar / French essayer split three ways: 試す (test a thing), ～てみる (try doing: 食べてみる), 試着する (try on clothes). 試合 is read しあい, not ×しごう. Words (言) + 式 (formula).