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験 = 㑒 + 馬

験 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “verification”. It is built from 㑒 (awl) and 馬 (horse). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2134.

Keyword
verification
RTK frame
2134
Strokes
18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケン, ゲン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あかし, しるし, ため.す, ためし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
проверка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
験 test

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 㑒 awl
  2. 馬 horse

How to find 験 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “awl” + “horse”. 験 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 験 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.