Meta:

  1. 探 is the 915th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 50 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (net), (tree)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tan4 - to explore/to search out/to scout/to visit/to stretch forward

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

侦探 (偵探)
 
探索 

Medium Frequency

勘探 
密探 
探奇 
探寻 (探尋)
探戈 
探望 
探秘 (探祕)
探究 
探亲 (探親)
探讨 (探討)
探访 (探訪)
探险 (探險)
探险家 (探險家)
窥探 (窺探)
试探 (試探)

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Meta:

  1. 究 is the 429th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (cave), 丿 (bend), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , 丿,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jiu1 - after all/to investigate/to study carefully/Taiwan pr. [jiu4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 究 (jiu1): The component 九 is pronounced as 'jiu3'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

研究 
究竟 
终究 (終究)

Medium Frequency

研究所 
研究生 
研究院 
讲究 (講究)
追究 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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