# 偵 detective

(personleft) + 貞 (chastity) Same-ON
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11 strokes
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## Onyomi

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## Mnemonic

| A detective is a person who you hire to check up on your mate's chastity.Does that count as a Fucked Root?

## 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
--- | --- | --- | ---
占 | fortune teller/ occupy | MOUTH | 口
貞 | chastity | SHELL | 貝
偵 | detective | PERSON | 人

She tells the fortune with her MOUTH.
The sea SHELL was chaste - it reproduced asexually.
A detective is a PERSON you hire to check the chastity of your daughter or spouse.