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 consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...")
to debug / to adjust components during testing / debugging
to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)
exam question / test topic
test point / to carry out trial / pilot scheme
preview (of a movie) / trial screening
to test drive / a trial run
to test-fire / to conduct a missile test
to try out / to test
prototype / trial product / test sample
touchstone / fig. test that sth is genuine
to retry / to try again
the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing

Sentences with 试

tái
lái
gěi
ta̅
shì
shì