探 (tàn): meaning and stroke order
探 (tàn) means to explore, to search out, to scout, to visit, to stretch forward.
探
- Simplified
- 探
- Traditional
- 探 (same form)
- Pinyin
- tàn
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Stroke order of 探
探
- tàn to explore; to search out
- 11 strokes
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Meaning of 探
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tàn
- to explore
- to search out
- to scout
- to visit
- to stretch forward
Radical and structure
- 探
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 11 strokes · 扌 on the left, 罙 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 探
- 探亲 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family
- 试探 shì tàn to sound out; to probe
- 探讨 tàn tǎo to investigate; to probe
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).