漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
探: grope, search
Also: look for
JLPT N311 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 㓁(form)
- 木tree(form)
扌 carries the meaning · 㓁 and 木 are drawn in
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
タンtan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 探究するたんきゅうするresearch
- 探検するたんけんするexplore
- 探検たんけん
- 探査たんさprobe; inquiry; enquiry
- 探偵たんていdetective; investigator; sleuth
さぐるsaguru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 探るさぐるsearch
さがすsagasu · kun'yomi
- 探すさがすlook for
- 職探ししょくさがしjob hunting
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
㓁
Also built on 㓁
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side探 grope · 扌
vs深 deep · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tàn
Same form: 探 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 探 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 探 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tàn 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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