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Chinese symbol for “prospect”

探矿
tàn kuàng
Traditional: 探礦
to prospect; to dig for coal or minerals

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prospect is 探矿 (tàn kuàng), defined as: to prospect; to dig for coal or minerals.

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
矿 kuàng
mine; mineral, ore
radical 112 ⽯ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “prospect”

WordPinyinMeaning
指望zhǐ wàngto count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
展望zhǎn wàngoutlook; prospect
勘探kān tànto explore; to survey
探勘tàn kānto explore; to survey
奔头 (奔頭)bèn tousth to strive for; prospect

Related words

Other words that share a character with 探矿.

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
煤矿 (煤礦)méi kuàngcoal mine; coal seam
矿产 (礦產)kuàng chǎnminerals

See also: Japanese symbol for “prospect”.

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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