# 探 — Look For

Frequency rank 645 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 普 (Normal), less common than 抱 (Hug).

- On’yomi: たん
- Kun’yomi: さが
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

Fingers on the left reach under a canopy into a tree on the right -- fingers reaching through a canopy of leaves into a tree, looking for hidden fruit.

In words:

- 探す さがす — to look for
- 探る さぐる — to search,to look for,to sound out
- 探検 たんけん — exploration;expedition

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