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Chinese symbol for “exploratory”

探索性
tàn suǒ xìng
exploratory

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exploratory is 探索性 (tàn suǒ xìng), defined as: exploratory.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

探 tàn
to find, to locate; to grope for, to search for
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
索 suǒ
cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire
radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “exploratory”

WordPinyinMeaning
试探性 (試探性)shì tàn xìngexploratory; tentative
探究式tàn jiū shìexploratory

Related words

Other words that share a character with 探索性.

WordPinyinMeaning
探索tàn suǒto explore; to probe
探讨 (探討)tàn tǎoto investigate; to probe
侦探 (偵探)zhēn tàndetective; to do detective work
探测 (探測)tàn cèto probe; to survey
探险 (探險)tàn xiǎnto explore; to go on an expedition
探究tàn jiūto investigate; to delve
搜索sōu suǒto search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
线索 (線索)xiàn suǒtrail; clues
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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