Chinese symbol for “explorer”
探险家
tàn xiǎn jiā
Traditional: 探險家
explorer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for explorer is 探险家 (tàn xiǎn jiā), defined as: explorer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “explorer”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 探险家.
| 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 |
| 危险 (危險) | wēi xiǎn | danger; dangerous |
| 风险 (風險) | fēng xiǎn | risk; hazard |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
See also: Japanese symbol for “explorer”.
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.