Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
grope, search, look for
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
930 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 探検 【タンケン】 exploration, expedition
  • 探求 【タンキュウ】 search, quest, pursuit
  • 内探 【ナイタン】 private inquiry, private enquiry, secret investigation
  • 独探 【ドクタン】 German spy

Kun reading compounds

  • 探る 【さぐる】 to feel around for, to fumble for, to grope for, to search for, to look for, to investigate, to probe into, to spy on, to sound out, to explore (parts unknown), to enjoy (natural beauty)
  • 探す 【さがす】 to search for, to look for, to hunt for, to seek, to search (a house, pocket, etc.), to search through, to rummage in (e.g. a drawer), to fish around

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan4, tan1
Korean:
tam

Spanish

  • explorar
  • indagar
  • buscar
  • sondear

Portuguese

  • tatear
  • pesquisar
  • procurar

French

  • chercher
  • tâtonner
  • enquête
942 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
930 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1239 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1949 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1236 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
578 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1316 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
544 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1258 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
908 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
613 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
374 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
466 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1340 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12276 Morohashi
505 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211 New Nelson (John Haig)
1327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1425 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
927 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1364 2001 Kanji
3c8.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5709.4 Four corner code
1-35-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63a2 Unicode hex code

14 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
food, bait, prey, tempting profit
Kun:
えばえさもち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2277 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 採餌 【サイジ】 feeding (by animals), food getting
  • 好餌 【コウジ】 bait, decoy, lure, easy prey, easy victim, sucker

Kun reading compounds

  • 餌 【えさ】 (animal) feed, fodder, pet food, bait, lure, enticement
  • 餌場 【えさば】 feeding ground
  • 撒き餌 【まきえ】 scattered animal feed, ground bait
  • 毒餌 【どくえ】 poisonous bait
  • 餌 【えさ】 (animal) feed, fodder, pet food, bait, lure, enticement
  • 餌場 【えさば】 feeding ground
  • 釣り餌 【つりえ】 bait (for fishing)
  • 練り餌 【ねりえ】 paste bird feed, paste fishing bait

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er3
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • comida
  • comida para animales
  • cebo
  • presa
  • tentación

Portuguese

French

5167 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
776 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2257 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1597 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
44146X Morohashi
6690 New Nelson (John Haig)
2797 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1588 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8b6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8174.0 Four corner code
8172.0 Four corner code
1-17-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
990c Unicode hex code