• 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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  • 831st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 55 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. tǎo (tao3)to invite • to provoke • to demand or ask for • to send armed forces to suppress • to denounce or condemn • to marry (a woman) • to discuss or study

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

讨厌 (討厭)

Uncommon

乞讨 (乞討)
探讨 (探討)
检讨 (檢討)
讨好 (討好)
讨论 (討論)
讨论区 (討論區)

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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.