侦 — Chinese character
侦
zhēn
to spy, to reconnoiter; detective
- Pinyin
- zhēn
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亻 贞
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 贞
- Traditional
- 偵
Common words with 侦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侦探 (偵探) | zhēn tàn | detective; to do detective work |
| 侦查 (偵查) | zhēn chá | to detect; to investigate |
| 侦察 (偵察) | zhēn chá | to investigate a crime; to scout |
| 侦测 (偵測) | zhēn cè | to detect; to sense |
| 侦察机 (偵察機) | zhēn chá jī | surveillance aircraft; spy plane |
| 侦破 (偵破) | zhēn pò | to investigate (as detective); to solve (crime) |
| 侦办 (偵辦) | zhēn bàn | to investigate (a crime) and prosecute |
| 刑侦 (刑偵) | xíng zhēn | criminal investigation |
| 侦察兵 (偵察兵) | zhēn chá bīng | a scout; spy |
| 侦讯 (偵訊) | zhēn xùn | to interrogate during investigation |
| 立案侦查 (立案偵查) | lì àn zhēn chá | to file for investigation; to prosecute (a case) |
| 侦测器 (偵測器) | zhēn cè qì | detector |
English words written with 侦
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.