# 探 look for

(handleft) + (nice thick pie) + 木 (tree)
★★★★☆
11 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

TAN |

## Mnemonic

| Use your hands to climb the tree and look for the TAN thick pie which is stuck in the top branch (long story).

## Kunyomi

さが*す | to search for something you want but don't have (a good restaraunt, a store with bargains, sanity). ★★★★☆

## Jukugo

探偵(たんてい) | private detective ★★★☆☆ 探 (look for) + 偵 (detective) = 探偵 (private detective) BOOBOO: Most books say this means 'detective' but really it means private detective, not police. (police detective is 刑事　－けいじ）. There's a huge P.I. industry here - they have advertisements in all the magazines and even posters on walls on the street!

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
深 | deep | WATER | 水
探 | look for | HANDS | 手
採 | gather | NEST |
捜 | search | FREEDOM | 由
授 | instruct | RECIEVE | 受

The merman lives in the deep WATER.

You look for delicious PIE, but you gather NESTS so the birds all die.

You search for FREEDOM.

You RECEIVE instruction.

## Synonyms

search for 探 捜