探 — grope, search, look for

さがす探 grope

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+63A2 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #930 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1425 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

grope
search
look for

word

さが saga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

探(さが) す sagasu to search for 探(さが) し出(だ) す sagashidasu to find out

たん tan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

探(たん) 検(けん) tanken exploration 探(たん) 求(きゅう) tankyuu quest 探(たん) 査(さ) tansa exploration 探(たん) 究(きゅう) tankyuu inquiry 探(たん) 偵(てい) tantei detective 探(たん) 索(さく) tansaku search

さぐ sagu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

探(さぐ) る saguru to search

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

㓁 net (variant)

き木 tree #75

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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