験

Meaning

Test, verify · examen, prueba

Readings

• On (音読み): ケン・ゲン
• Kun (訓読み): —

Example words

• 試験（しけん）— exam
• 経験（けいけん）— experience
• 受験（じゅけん）— sitting an entrance exam

Structure

Radical 馬 (うま・うまへん · Horse) · 18 strokes · school grade 4

Watch out

Taking an exam is 試験を受ける (literally receive it): not ×試験をする (that is the teacher giving it), not ×取る from English take, and French passer un examen means sitting it, not passing — passing is 合格する. 経験 = lived experience (experiencia); a scientific experiment is 実験 (じっけん). Horse (馬) + 僉, shared with 険 (危険) and 検 (検査) — all ケン.