Japanese symbol for “prying”
詮索
せんさく
Romaji: sensaku
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation
In Japanese, prying is 詮索, read せんさく (sensaku).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “prying”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穿鑿 | せんさく sensaku | probing (into); digging (into); prying (into) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 所詮 | しょせん shosen | after all; in the end; anyway |
| 詮無い | せんない sennai | unavoidable; no help for |
| 詮議 | せんぎ sengi | discussion; deliberation; consideration |
| 詮方 | せんかた senkata | way; method; means |
| 詮索好き | せんさくずき sensakuzuki | curiosity; inquisitiveness |
| 捜索 | そうさく sousaku | search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt |
| 検索 | けんさく kensaku | looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information) |
| 探索 | たんさく tansaku | search; lookup; hunt |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.