Read Edit View history 验 yàn HSK3 test Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Oct 19, 2021, 03:14 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 19, 2021, 03:14 PM verify Changed fields: hint, originalMeaning, isVerified, components, customSources Original meaning: type of horse Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of horse". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Simplified form of 驗. Components 马 马 Meaning component Change in meaning 马 hints at the original meaning of 验, "type of horse", which is no longer the most common meaning of 验 in modern Mandarin. 佥 佥 Sound component Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode