审

審
shěn
#745 most
frequent character
to examine, to investigate

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

审 shen has 宀, a house, with 申 shēn giving the sound. Early texts use it for 'surely true'. From there it grew to 'to investigate, search out the truth', then 'to examine' and 'to try in court'.

审 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
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Homophones

沈shěn
(literary) juice

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