1. 探
  2. 尋

探

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  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)

尋

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  1. 尋 is the 960th most frequent character.
  2. 尋 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 尋 appears as a character in 33 words.
  4. 尋 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
尋 => No glyph available, 寸
Radical :
尋 => 彐 (pig snout), 工 (work), 口 (mouth), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
尋 => ㇕, 二, 一, 丨, 一, 口, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xun2 - to search/to look for/to seek

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 尋 (xun2): The component 寸 is pronounced as 'cun4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

寻 (尋)
寻找 (尋找)

Medium Frequency

寻宝 (尋寶)
寻常 (尋常)
寻求 (尋求)
寻觅 (尋覓)
找寻 (找尋)
追寻 (追尋)

Appears In:

尋 also appears in:
鄩蕁
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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