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 test (machinery etc) / to test (students) / test / quiz / exam / beta (software)
to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview
experiment / test / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] / to experiment / experimental
to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring
trial period / probationary period
written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
to add material to an exam / supplementary exam
style / type / model
test flight (of aircraft) / sea trial (of ship)

Sentences with 试

tái
lái
gěi
ta̅
shì
shì