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Kanji Detail for 偵 - "spy, detective"

偵

  • Meaning

    偵 means "spy, detective." Also associated with scout.

    1. Spy - To observe secretly; to investigate.

    2. Detective - One who investigates; a sleuth.

    3. Scout - To explore and gather information.

  • Words using 偵

    • 偵察 ていさつ Listen scouting; reconnaissance
    • 探偵 たんてい Listen detective; investigator; sleuth

  • Tattoo check: 偵

    • Verified meaning: spy, detective
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さだ, さだじ, さだずみ, さだつぐ)
    • Also carries these associations: scout

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 偵

    Given names 偵(てい)Listen

    Surnames 偵(さだ)Listen 偵(さだじ)Listen 偵(さだずみ)Listen 偵(さだつぐ)Listen 偵(さだのり)Listen 偵(さだゆき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    spy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    spy, reconnoiter; detective

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to scout; to spy; to detect

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to spy, to reconnoiter; detective

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To spy; to scout. Such as gathering information is called 偵探 (detective).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    spy detective scout go-between investigate observe peek espionage explore informant intelligence inquiry investigation reconnaissance research secretly sleuth stakeout surveillance undercover monitoring

Sentences including 偵

  • Tom is a detective.

  • Detective stories are amusing.

  • Tom hired a private detective.

  • She described him as a detective.

  • He reads detective stories on occasion.

  • The man turned out to be a private detective.

  • He suddenly took a liking to detective stories.

  • The detective disguised himself as an old gentleman.

  • I felt like reading the detective story.

  • He is absorbed in reading a detective story.

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