探 (tàn)
to explore; to visit; to stretch forward
How 探 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 探
- Simplified
- 探 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- ⺳ net
- 木 tree
Common words using 探
- 偵探 zhēntàn
- detective; to do detective work
- 探索 tànsuǒ
- to explore; to probe
- 勘探 kāntàn
- exploration
- 密探 mìtàn
- secret agent; detective; covert investigator
- 探奇 tànqí
- to seek unusual scenery or places
- 探尋 tànxún
- to search; to seek; to explore
- 探戈 tàngē
- tango (dance)
- 探望 tànwàng
- to visit
- 探祕 tànmì
- to explore a mystery; to probe the unknown
- 探究 tànjiū
- to investigate; to delve; to probe
- 探親 tànqīn
- to go home to visit one's family
- 探討 tàntǎo
- to investigate; to probe
探 in a sentence
我要去醫院探望一位生病的朋友。
Wǒ yào qù yīyuàn tànwàng yí wèi shēngbìng de péngyǒu.
“I am going to the hospital to visit a sick friend.”
How common is 探?
探 is the 915th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87.7% of all running text.
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