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偵

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侦

🇨🇳

detect

HSK 10 N1

Human →Actions

zhēn

テイ

정

Components

亻 person (side)+ 貞 chaste =

偵 detect

亻 Meaning component

rén person (side)

person

貞 Phonetic component

chaste

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

偵

Regular

Modern

Chinese

侦 / 偵 [zhēn]

to scout; to spy; to detect

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

偵さだ

Sada unclassified name

偵さだじ

Sadaji unclassified name

偵さだずみ

Sadazumi unclassified name

偵さだつぐ

Sadatsugu unclassified name

偵さだのり

Sadanori unclassified name

偵さだゆき

Sadayuki unclassified name

偵てい

Tei given name

CHINESE WORDS (24)

侦探 [zhēntàn] #1,488

侦查 [zhēnchá] #8,107

侦察 [zhēnchá] #7,620

to investigate a crime

侦破 [zhēnpò] #13,645

to investigate (as detective)

侦察机 [zhēnchájī] #23,231

surveillance aircraft

立案侦查 [lì'ànzhēnchá] #21,457

to file for investigation

侦察兵 [zhēnchábīng] #19,545

侦办 [zhēnbàn] #27,935

to investigate (a crime) and prosecute

侦察员 [zhēncháyuán] #40,210

侦测 [zhēncè] #35,643

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JAPANESE WORDS (21)

⭐ 探偵 [たんてい] #8,273

⭐ 偵察 [ていさつ] #8,667

名探偵 [めいたんてい] #13,810

great detective

密偵 [みってい] #17,952

探偵事務所 [たんていじむしょ] #32,521

detective bureau

⭐ 内偵 [ないてい] #37,012

secret investigation

探偵小説 [たんていしょうせつ] #38,232

detective story

偵察隊 [ていさつたい] #40,663

偵察機 [ていさつき] #42,813

reconnaissance plane

探偵団 [たんていだん] #44,669

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KOREAN WORDS (4)

great detective; well-known detective

reconnaissance plane