Look For

On’yomi: たん
Kun’yomi: さが
Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

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

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

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 forN4

探るさぐる to search,to look for,to sound outN2

探検たんけん exploration;expeditionN1

探 is rank 645 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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