Kanji N2

査: investigate

査 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning investigate, written with 9 strokes. It is read サ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 調査 (ちょうさ, investigation) and 検査 (けんさ, inspection).

査

Meanings

  • investigate
Strokes9
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#184 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • サ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 査

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 調査ちょうさ

    investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry

    JLPT N3
  • 検査けんさ

    inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination

    JLPT N3
  • 巡査じゅんさ

    police officer; policeman; constable

    JLPT N2
  • 捜査そうさ

    search (esp. in criminal investigations)

    JLPT N1
  • 審査しんさ

    judging; inspection; examination; investigation

    JLPT N1
  • 査察ささつ

    inspection (for compliance)

  • 探査たんさ

    probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation

  • 監査かんさ

    inspection; audit; judgement; judgment

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.