探 – grope, search, look for

11 strokesTaught in grade 6#930 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 探 means grope, search, look for. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タン (tan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さぐ.る、さが.す (saguru, sagasu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タン	tan
Kun’yomi	さぐ.る	saguru
Kun’yomi	さが.す	sagasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 木・儿・冖・扎.

Words using 探

探すさがすto search for探るさぐるto feel around for探検たんけんexploration

Example sentences

私は寝る場所を探した。

I looked for a place in which to sleep.

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遠まわしに彼の意見を探った。

I sounded him out about his views.

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この探検には、お金がかかる。

This expedition will be expensive.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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