Hanja Analyzer
探

探 — tam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
찾을 탐
Romanization
tam
English
find, locate; search, grope for
Mandarin
tàn
Japanese on'yomi
タン, トン, セン, ゼン
Japanese kun'yomi
さぐ.る さが.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#930 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+63A2

How 探 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 探 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 𥥍.

Korean example words with 探

  • 밀탐密探 Korean gloss: 남몰래 정탐함
  • 내탐內探 Korean gloss: 남모르게 살펴봄
  • 맹탐盲探 Korean gloss: 덮어놓고 뒤지거나 찾음
  • 탐승探勝 Korean gloss: 경치 좋은 곳을 찾아다님
  • 과탐科探 Korean gloss: ‘과학 탐구 영역’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 사탐社探 Korean gloss: ‘사회 탐구 영역’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 수탐數探 Korean gloss: ‘수리 탐구 영역’을 줄여 이르는 말
  • 반탐反探 Korean gloss: 적의 간첩, 밀정, 탐정 따위에 반대함
  • 탐구探究 Korean gloss: 진리, 학문 따위를 파고들어 깊이 연구함
  • 수탐搜探 Korean gloss: 무엇을 알아내거나 찾기 위하여 조사하거나 엿봄
  • 탐조探照 Korean gloss: 무엇을 밝히거나 찾아내기 위하여 빛을 멀리 비춤
  • 탐보探報 Korean gloss: 알려지지 않은 사실 따위를 찾아내 알려 주는 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 探

  • 探検たんけん exploration; expedition
  • 探査たんさ probe; inquiry; enquiry
  • 探すさがす to search for; to look for; to hunt for
  • 探偵たんてい detective; investigator; sleuth
  • 手探りてさぐり fumbling; groping
  • 探求たんきゅう search; quest; pursuit
  • 探究たんきゅう research; investigation; enquiry
  • 探索たんさく search; lookup; hunt
  • 探知たんち detection
  • 探知機たんちき detector; locator
  • 逆探知ぎゃくたんち phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call
  • 探し求めるさがしもとめる to search for; to seek for; to look for

Other hanja read “탐”

Other hanja with radical 手

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