to test / to try / experiment / examination / test

= + : Sherlock Holmes is doing an eye examination with the goth in the space station's bathroom. Sherlock set up a table with differently sized letters on an advertising column and has the goth read out the letters.

试 character breakdown

type / form / pattern / style

= + : I'll use a specific style as mnemonic symbol: 哥特式, gothic.

Sherlock Holmes and the goth are celebrating a Viking festival in the space station's bathroom. They don't have trunks to throw around, so they use a steel beam. They also celebrate by practising archery. In zero gravity it is easy for them to set one world record after the next.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 试 as component

试 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 试

to take an exam / exam / CL:次[ci4]
to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam
autumn exam (triennial provincial exam during Ming and Qing)
imperial examinations (in former times)
imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论[ce4 lun4]
exam paper / test paper / CL:張|张[zhang1]
see 考試卷|考试卷[kao3 shi4 juan4]
Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
debugging and commissioning / testing (of a whole system)
to attempt / test run
to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out / to experiment
trial marriage / to live together before deciding whether to marry
selection test / admission exam

Sentences with 试

tái
lái
gěi
ta̅
shì
shì