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 try; to attempt / CL:次[ci4]
to try / to attempt / CL:次[ci4]
subject (in an experiment) / participant (in a clinical trial etc)
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
oral examination / oral test
preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing
prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
exam-oriented education / teaching to the test
to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray
lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. to 指考[Zhi3 kao3]

Sentences with 试

tái
lái
gěi
ta̅
shì
shì