探

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tàn, xián
Cantonese: taam1 taam3
JapaneseKun: SAGURU SAGASU
JapaneseOn: TAN
Korean: THAM
Vietnamese: thám

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: find, locate; search, grope for

CE-Dict: to explore/to search out/to scout/to visit/to stretch forward

Soothill: To feel for, explore, investigate, search; to spy, inquire into.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to detect; to try to find out
2.to investigate
3.to pay a visit to
4.to extend; to stretch forward

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: explore; scout; spy; stretch forward; try to find out; visit

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: explore; scout; spy; stretch forward; try to find out; visit

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》探遠取之也。从手罙聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】探
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤他含切，音貪。【說文】遠取之也。【增韻】伺也，索也。【易·繫辭】探賾索隱。【疏】探謂閱探求取。【書·多方】則惟爾多方，探天之威。【註】自取天威也。【穀梁傳·隱元年】已探先君之邪志。【前漢·董仲舒傳】春秋深探其本。　又【爾雅·釋言】探，試也。【論語】見不善如探湯。【史記·酈生傳】此所謂探虎口者也。　又【集韻】【類篇】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤他紺切，音僋。義同。　又【集韻】時占切，音蟾。亦取也。與撏同。【說文】本作𢲘。今文作探。【周禮】作撢。互見撢字註。

CF-Dict: espion/ explorer/sonder/visiter/tendre