探 — Chinese character
探
tàn
to find, to locate; to grope for, to search for
- Pinyin
- tàn
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 木
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌
- Japanese
- 探 as a kanji
Common words with 探
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore; to probe |
| 探讨 (探討) | tàn tǎo | to investigate; to probe |
| 侦探 (偵探) | zhēn tàn | detective; to do detective work |
| 探测 (探測) | tàn cè | to probe; to survey |
| 探险 (探險) | tàn xiǎn | to explore; to go on an expedition |
| 探究 | tàn jiū | to investigate; to delve |
| 探望 | tàn wàng | to visit; to call on sb |
| 探访 (探訪) | tàn fǎng | to seek by inquiry or search; to call on |
| 探测器 (探測器) | tàn cè qì | detector; probe |
| 试探 (試探) | shì tàn | to sound out; to probe |
| 勘探 | kān tàn | to explore; to survey |
| 探视 (探視) | tàn shì | to visit (a patient, prisoner etc); to look inquiringly |
English words written with 探
探 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 1
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