探 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
- On
- タンたん · tan
- Kun
- さぐ(る)・さが(す)sagu(ru) · saga(su)
- Meaning
- to search; explore; grope
Stroke order
Origin
扌 "hand" with a form for a deep hole; reaching deep in to feel for something — hence "to search."
Readings and examples
| Onタンたんtan | 探求たんきゅう探訪たんぼう探知たんち |
|---|---|
| Kunさぐるsaguru | 探るさぐる探りさぐり |
| Kunさがすsagasu | 探すさがす Compare: 捜す |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 探検たんけん
exploration
- 探究たんきゅう
inquiry; research
- 探偵たんてい
- 探索たんさく
- 探覓たんべき
Example
なくした本を探した。
They looked for the book they had lost.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)