Meanings
- grope
- search
- look for
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#930 of 2,500
Kanji N3
探: grope, search, look for
探 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning grope, search, look for, written with 11 strokes. It is read タン (on) and さぐる, さがす (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 探す (さがす, to search for) and 探検 (たんけん, exploration).
探
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- タン
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- さぐる
- さがす
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 探
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- 探すさがすJLPT N4
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek
- JLPT N1
- 探るさぐるJLPT N2
to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for
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