U+9A13 "験" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9A13 "験" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both traditional and simplified forms, though it is most prominently associated with Japanese kanji, where it represents the concept of "test," "examination," or "proof." This character is a variant of the Chinese character 驗 (yàn), which carries the same meaning in Mandarin Chinese, and it belongs to the Kangxi radical 187, associated with the horse (馬), reflecting its historical connection to verifying or checking something, such as a horse's quality. In modern usage, it is commonly found in words like 試験 (shiken), meaning "test" or "exam" in Japanese, as well as in compounds like 経験 (keiken) for "experience," and it plays a key role in academic and technical contexts.