Moto 探: Grope; Search; Look ForKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- タン
- Kun'yomi
- さぐ(る)、さが(す)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 150 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (タン)
- 探検たんけんexploration; expedition
- 探査たんさprobe; inquiry
- 探偵たんていdetective; investigator
- 探求たんきゅうsearch; quest
- 探検隊たんけんたいexploration party; expedition team
- 探知たんちdetection
- 探知機たんちきdetector; locator
- 探究たんきゅうresearch; investigation
- 探索たんさくsearch; lookup
- 探訪たんぼうsearching; hunting for news story
- 探鉱たんこうmineral exploration
- 探険たんけんexploration; expedition
- 逆探知ぎゃくたんちphone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call
- サイバー探偵サイバーたんていcybersleuth
- ハッシュ表探索ハッシュひょうたんさくhash table search
- フィボナッチ探索フィボナッチたんさくFibonacci search
- モンテカルロ木探索モンテカルロきたんさくMonte Carlo tree search
- 二分探索にぶんたんさくbinary search
- 二分探索木にぶんたんさくぎbinary search tree
- 内探ないたんprivate inquiry; private enquiry
- 北極探検ほっきょくたんけんArctic expedition
- 南極探検なんきょくたんけんAntarctic expedition
- 厳探げんたんstrict search; sharp lookout
- 名探偵めいたんていgreat detective
- 地震探鉱じしんたんこうseismic mineral exploration
- 宇宙探査うちゅうたんさspace exploration
- 宇宙探査機うちゅうたんさきspace probe
- 宇宙探査船うちゅうたんさせんspace probe
- 安楽椅子探偵あんらくいすたんていarmchair detective
- 幅優先探索はばゆうせんたんさくbreadth-first search
- 惑星探査わくせいたんさplanetary exploration
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 探すさがすto search for; to look for
- 手探りてさぐりfumbling; groping
- 探し回るさがしまわるto search about for; to hunt around for
- 探し求めるさがしもとめるto search for; to seek for
- 探し物さがしものlooking for something; searching for something
- 探りさぐりsounding; probing
- 探るさぐるto feel around for; to fumble for
- あら探しあらさがしfinding fault (with); being picky
- アラを探すアラをさがすto find fault (with)
- 人探しひとさがしsearching for someone; search for a missing person
- 仕事探ししごとさがしjob hunting; job searching
- 伺い探るうかがいさぐるto spy out
- 宝探したからさがしtreasure hunting; treasure hunt
- 家探しやさがしsearching an entire house
- 探しあぐねるさがしあぐねるto give up searching (for someone or something)
- 探しあてるさがしあてるto find out; to discover
- 探しだすさがしだすto track down; to locate
- 探しにさがしにin search of; in order to look for
- 探しまわるさがしまわるto search about for; to hunt around for
- 探しもとめるさがしもとめるto search for; to seek for
- 探し倦ねるさがしあぐねるto give up searching (for someone or something)
- 探し出すさがしだすto track down; to locate
- 探し廻るさがしまわるto search about for; to hunt around for
- 探し当てるさがしあてるto find out; to discover
- 探りだすさぐりだすto spy out; to smell out
- 探りを入れるさぐりをいれるto probe; to search
- 探り出すさぐりだすto spy out; to smell out
Other readings
- あらを探すアラをさがすto find fault (with)
- アラ探しあらさがしfinding fault (with); being picky
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