験

音読おんよみ: ケン

訓読くんよみ: ためす・ためし

画数かくすう: 18

部首ぶしゅ: 馬（うまへん）

Meaning

Test / Try / Examine / Verify / Experience

  • Basic forms
  • 験す — to test; to try; to examine / base form
  • 験します — test; try / masu form
  • 験した — tested; tried / ta form
  • 験して — test and … / te-form
  • 験さない — do not test / negative
  • 験せば — if (you) test / conditional
  • 験せ — test it! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 験したい — want to try / 〜たい form
  • 験せる — can test; be able to try / potential
  • 験せない — cannot test / negative potential
  • More
  • 新しい方法を験す — try a new method
  • 実力を験す — test one’s ability

験す（ためす） is a godan verb ending in す. It means “to test” or “to try” something to see the result, and is often used in written or formal contexts.

  • 試験しけん — test / examination
  • 実験じっけん — experiment
  • 体験たいけん — personal experience
  • 経験けいけん — experience
  • 受験じゅけん — taking an exam
  • 試ためす — to try / to test

験 is commonly used in academic and spiritual contexts. It combines the radical for “horse” (馬) with phonetic and semantic elements, originally referring to trials or omens. Today, it means testing something to learn or prove its value, from science to spiritual signs.

日本語にほんごの試験しけんを受うけました。
I took a Japanese language test.

このアイデアを実験じっけんしてみよう。
Let’s try this idea out in an experiment.

新あたらしい 方法ほうほうを 試ためしてみたい。
I want to try a new method.

試
Creates
試験しけん — test / examination
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