探

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See also: 深
探 U+63A2, 探
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63A2
← 採
[U+63A1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 掣 →
[U+63A3]

Translingual

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Han character

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探 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手月金木 (QBCD), four-corner 57094, composition ⿰扌罙)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12276
  • Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1907, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+63A2

Chinese

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trad. 探
simp. # 探
alternative forms 𢲘

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (罙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
探 *l̥ʰuːm, *l̥ʰuːms
棎 *ɦljom
賝 *l̥ʰum
琛 *l̥ʰum
穼 *srum
深 *hljum, *hljums

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰuːm, *l̥ʰuːms) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 𥥍 ().

Etymology

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As the initial of the 罙 phonetic series is uncertain, 探 (tàn) may be related to 深 (shēn) (provided the initial was *nh-) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, this agrees with Mizo tham (“to feel (especially with the hand)”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 探
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 他含切
Baxter thom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰʌm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰəm/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰəm/
Li
Rong 		/tʰᴀm/
Wang
Li 		/tʰɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tʰăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		taam1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 探
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tān
Middle
Chinese 		‹ thom ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ˁ[ə]m/
English put the hand into and test

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 探 探
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11249 11250
Phonetic
component 		罙 罙
Rime
group 		侵 侵
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		探 僋
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥ʰuːm/ /*l̥ʰuːms/

Definitions

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探

  1. to reach for; to grope for
  2. to find; to locate
  3. to search; to explore
  4. to inquire
  5. to visit
  6. to scout; to spy
  7. spy
  8. to try
  9. to extend; to stretch out

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • → Vietnamese: thăm

Japanese

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Kanji

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探

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. look for

Readings

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Suffix

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探(たん) • (-tan) 

  1. (archaic) spy from (a country)
    • 1947, Ango Sakaguchi, 『二十七歳』
      独(どく)探(たん)のケンギを受(う)けて、大(たい)正(しょう)五(ご)年(ねん)だかに国(こく)外(がい)退(たい)去(きょ)を命(めい)じられたという。
      Doku-tan no kengi o ukete, Taishō go-nen daka ni kokugai taikyo o meijirareta to iu.
      [He was] accused of being a German spy and was officially deported in some time around 1916, as the story goes.

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 探 (MC thom). Recorded as Middle Korean 탐 (tham) (Yale: tham) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

探 (eumhun 찾을 탐 (chajeul tam))

  1. hanja form? of 탐 (“search”)

Compounds

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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探: Hán Nôm readings: thám, phăm, thăm, thớm, xăm, xom, tham

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