Entry
  1. Noun

    highest-ranking blind court official

    Historical termsee 盲官

  2. temple administrator; shrine administrator

    Historical term

  3. administrator of a manor

    Historical term

  4. Noun, Suru verb

    inspection; inspector

    Archaic

Also written 撿挍【けんぎょう】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

examination, investigate

Kun
しら.べる
On
ケン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
290 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4a8.28The Kanji Dictionary
4893.6Four corner code
1863deroo
691cUnicode hex code
1-24-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2304Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2752New Nelson (John Haig)
986New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1241Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
674Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1673Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1803Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
351A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
785Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15065PMorohashi
663A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
531Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
540Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
771sakade
638Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
690henshall3
752Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
473crowley
792Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1101Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1689Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian3Pinyin reading
geomKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

exam, school, printing, proof, correction

On
コウキョウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
294 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

めん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4a6.24The Kanji Dictionary
4094.8Four corner code
1866deroo
6821Unicode hex code
1-25-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2260Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2669New Nelson (John Haig)
929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1166Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
630Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
840Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1278Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1371Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
176A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1096Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
91Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14713Morohashi
21A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
115Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
115Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
75sakade
64Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
46henshall3
79Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
233crowley
51Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
1091Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1286Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao4, jiao4Pinyin reading
gyo, hyoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level