验

騐
yàn
#534 most
frequent character
variant of 驗|验[yan4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

验 has 马 horse as picture part and 佥 qiān as sound part, first meaning a type of horse. The meaning 'to examine, test' was borrowed for the sound, then grew to 'to experiment' and 'to attempt'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

验yàn
to examine, to test, to check

Homophones

厌yàn
(bound form) to loathe
验yàn
to examine, to test, to check

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