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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.

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
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 探矿者.

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
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; 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.

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