• 915th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 86 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tàn (tan4)to explore • to search out • to scout • to visit • to stretch forward

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

侦探 (偵探)
探索 

Uncommon

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)
探头 (探頭)
窥探 (窺探)
试探 (試探)

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  • 1693rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 34 words
  • Component in 201 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ge1)surname Ge
2. (ge1)spear

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ge1)The component is pronounced as '' (ge1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

戈壁 
泰戈尔 (泰戈爾)

Uncommon

伊戈尔 (伊戈爾)
倒戈 
兵戈 
同室操戈 
干戈 
戈尔 (戈爾)
戈尔巴乔夫 (戈爾巴喬夫)
探戈 
萨拉戈萨 (薩拉戈薩)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.