Memory phrase for the Kanji: 試

試

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Meaning test, try, experiment, attempt

Pronunciation

SHI
kokoromiru, tamesu

Explanation

Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: ceremony 式 (The craftsman 工 makes a sabre 弋 for ceremony.)

Mnemonic
 
The words for the ceremony need to be tested.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
式 ceremony
工 buildCross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.
弋 sabreThe radical shikigamae stands for a sabre. It is similar to kanohoko 戈, which stands for a halberd.
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 Vocabulary

試みる こころみる  to try, to test
試み こころみ  trial, experiment
試す ためす  to attempt, to test
試験 しけん  examination, test, study
試合 しあい  match, game, bout, contest
試し ためし  trial, test

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