Chinese symbol for “prospector”
探矿者
tàn kuàng zhě
Traditional: 探礦者
prospector; person exploring for minerals
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prospector is 探矿者 (tàn kuàng zhě), defined as: prospector; person exploring for minerals.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 探矿者.
| 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 |
| 煤矿 (煤礦) | méi kuàng | coal mine; coal seam |
| 矿产 (礦產) | kuàng chǎn | minerals |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prospector”.
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.