Japanese symbol for “searching”
探訪
たんぼう
Romaji: tanbou
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
In Japanese, searching is 探訪, read たんぼう (tanbou).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt searching; hunting for news story; journalist
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “searching”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 模索 | もさく mosaku | groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.) |
| 物色 | ぶっしょく busshoku | looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out |
| 漁り | あさり asari | searching; rummaging |
| お尋ね | おたずね otazune | searching; looking for |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 探す | さがす sagasu | to search for; to look for; to hunt for |
| 探検 | たんけん tanken | exploration; expedition |
| 探索 | たんさく tansaku | search; lookup; hunt |
| 探偵 | たんてい tantei | detective; investigator; sleuth |
| 探知 | たんち tanchi | detection |
| 探査 | たんさ tansa | probe; inquiry; enquiry |
| 訪問 | ほうもん houmon | call; visit |
| 訪ねる | たずねる tazuneru | to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to |
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.