1. 探
  2. 望

探

Previous (端)Next (湖)

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)

望

#Back to top
Previous (格)Next (觉)

Meta:

  1. 望 is the 326th most frequent character.
  2. 望 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 望 appears as a character in 76 words.
  4. 望 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
望 => 肓, 王
Radical :
望 => 匸 (hiding enclosure), 丶 (dot), 月 (moon), 王 (jade)
Graphical :
望 => 匸, 丶, 冂, 二, 一, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wang4 - full moon/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/to look towards/towards

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 望 (wang4): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 望 (wang4): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

希望 

Medium Frequency

仰望 
失望 
奢望 
欲望 (慾望)
指望 
望 
期望 
渴望 
盼望 
绝望 (絕望)
声望 (聲望)
愿望 (願望)
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.