Read Edit View history 檢 jiǎn inspect Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "label on a book". The meaning later shifted to "arrange" and "examine". Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 检 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 檢 Simp strokes 檢 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 檢 Simp strokes 檢 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 檢 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 59, 474 ], [ 110, 472 ], [ 306, 534 ], [ 369, 543 ] ], [ [ 225, 821 ], [ 276, 766 ], [ 257, 216 ], [ 240, 80 ], [ 239, -14 ] ], [ [ 238, 479 ], [ 216, 388 ], [ 178, 317 ], [ 108, 209 ], [ 33, 121 ] ], [ [ 289, 351 ], [ 301, 333 ], [ 339, 310 ], [ 351, 289 ] ], [ [ 549, 830 ], [ 589, 797 ], [ 562, 703 ], [ 480, 547 ], [ 419, 468 ], [ 350, 403 ] ], [ [ 603, 714 ], [ 605, 701 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