1. 探
  2. 讨

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)

讨

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Meta:

  1. 讨 is the 831st most frequent character.
  2. 讨 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 讨 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 讨 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
讨 => 讠, 寸
Radical :
讨 => 讠 (speech), 寸 (thumb)
Graphical :
讨 => ㇊, 丶, 𠂇, 亅, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. 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:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

讨厌 (討厭)

Medium Frequency

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