What is the Kanji for "Investigate" and "Judge"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Investigate" and "Judge", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Investigate" and "Judge" is "審".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Shin".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "宀" means "Roof" . And The kanji "番" means "Turn" and can be read as "Ban".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "審" mean in japanese?

"審" means "Investigate" and "Judge".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

審査: "Examination". The Japanese noun '審査 (しんさ)' means 'examination'. This word refers to the process of carefully inspecting or evaluating something, such as an application, proposal, or performance. It implies a thorough and careful review. For example: The company held an examination of all the job applications - (その会社は全ての求職申請書を審査しました). The committee is currently conducting an examination of the project proposals - (委員会は今、プロジェクト提案書の審査を行っています).

審議: "Deliberate" or "Discuss". The Japanese verbal noun '審議 (しんぎ)' means 'to deliberate' or 'to discuss'. This word is used to describe the action of carefully examining and discussing an issue or proposal in order to reach a decision. It implies a thorough and thoughtful consideration of the matter at hand. For example: The committee is deliberating the new proposal - (委員会は新しい提案について審議しています). We need to discuss this matter thoroughly - (この問題について十分に審議する必要があります).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.