Today’s #kanji is #試, which is listed under its semantic element of #ごんべん（言） and its phonetic element is 式, although 試 and 式 don’t share a sound in the modern Japanese.
Meaning: to try
Reading: シ、こころ、ため（だめ）
試運転（シウンテン）: a trial run, test operation
試乗（シジョウ）: a test drive (of a car), a test ride (of a motorcycle)
試食（シショク）: sampling; taste-testing
試験（シケン）: an examination, a test; an experiment, a trial
試薬（シヤク）: a (chemical) reagent
入試（ニュウシ）<= 入学試験（ニュウガクシケン）: an entrance examination, a matriculation
試（こころ）みる: to try/attempt (to do…), to take a chance
新（あたら）しい試（こころ）み: a new attempt, a new venture
新薬（シンヤク）を試（ため）す: to test (to conduct an experiment with) a mew medicine
肝（きも）試（だめ）し: a test of a person’s courage
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