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

audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run
to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out
to try wearing clothes / fitting trial
to try sth out / to be on probation
to try on (clothes) / fitting
to take temperature
to try out a new product (or manufacturing process) / prototype / trial product
to read a sample chapter of a book / to subscribe to a publication on a trial basis / to attend classes on a trial basis
to try sth out / trial / pilot scheme
trial sale / test marketing
trial and error (abbr. for 嘗試錯誤|尝试错误[chang2 shi4 cuo4 wu4])
to take a screen test / to audition / screen test / audition / tryout
to taste (wine etc)
demo recording (music)
(coll.) to try to
people who participate in clinical trials

Sentences with 试

tái
lái
gěi
ta̅
shì
shì