1. 偵
  2. 探

偵

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  1. 偵 is the 1477th most frequent character.
  2. 偵 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 偵 appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. 偵 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
偵 => 亻, 貞
Radical :
偵 => 亻 (human), ⺊ (divination), 貝 (shell)
Graphical :
偵 => ㇒, 丨, 丨, 一, 口, 二, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhen1 - to scout/to spy/to detect

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 偵 (zhen1): The component 貞 is pronounced as 'zhen1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 偵 (zhen1): The component 亻 is pronounced as 'ren2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

侦探 (偵探)

Medium Frequency

侦察 (偵察)
侦查 (偵查)
侦缉 (偵緝)

探

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
探 => 扌, 罙
Radical :
探 => 扌 (hand), ⺳ (net), 木 (tree)
Graphical :
探 => 亅, 二, 冖, 八, 一, 丨, 八

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 
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)
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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