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嗅xiù探tàn

  1. to sniff (in order to find sth)

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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2
嗅
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to smell, to sniff, to nose

Pinyin
xiù
Strokes
13
Frequency
13616 of 2500
Words starting with 嗅Words ending in 嗅Anywhere in a word
探
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to explore, to search out, to scout, to visit, to stretch forward

Pinyin
tàn
Strokes
11
Frequency
11312 of 2500
Words starting with 探Words ending in 探Anywhere in a word