• 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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  • 894th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 38 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠁼丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (bi4)see 秘魯|秘鲁[Bi4 lu3]
2. (mi4)secret • secretary

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (bi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (mi4)The component is pronounced as '' (bi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

神秘 
秘密 

Uncommon

便秘 
揭秘 
秘书 (秘書)
秘籍 
秘诀 (秘訣)

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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.
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