漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
偵: spy
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 貞 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 偵察ていさつscouting; reconnaissance
- 探偵たんていdetective; investigator; sleuth
- 内偵ないていsecret investigation; private enquiry
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 侦 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhēn
Japan keeps the traditional form 偵; mainland China simplifies it to 侦.
- Simplified
- 侦 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 偵 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhēn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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