I'm a detective.
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探
tàn
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
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tàn · taam3 (Jyutping)
- to explore
- to search out
- to scout
- to visit
- to stretch forward
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Character breakdown
探
- Meaning
- find, locate; search, grope for
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰扌⿱？木
- Cangjie
- QBCD
- Four-corner
- 5709.4
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Example sentences
Tom is testing me.
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