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探 kanji
grope, search, look for
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
タン
Kun readings
さぐるさがす
Words with 探
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1探検Popularexploration; expedition
- —探求Popularsearch; quest; pursuit
- —探究Popularresearch; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
- —探査Popularprobe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
- —探索Popularsearch; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
- —探知Populardetection
- —探偵Populardetective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
- —探訪Popularsearching; hunting for news story; journalist
- —探検隊Popularexploration party; expedition team
- —厳探strict search; sharp lookout
- —探鉱mineral exploration
- —内探private inquiry; private enquiry; secret investigation
- —探鳥bird-watching
- —探勝sightseeing
- —電探radar
- —探聞inquisitive questioning
- —探題local commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras); draw to find the theme for poetry session; composing poetry by lot
- —探測probing; sounding
- —独探German spy
- —探番attributing a sequence number (packet, message, etc.)