Question

探 さぐ.る、さが.す 探険(たんけん): exploration; expedition探す(さがす): (1) to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime) (2) to search (for something desired, needed); to look for探る(さぐる): (1) to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for (2) to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out (3) to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty) 6 手: hand㓁: a net; net-like; radical 122木: tree; wood 手 4 (none) grope Note: The combination "crown +human legs" appears seven times in Heisig. In four cases (nos. 323, 1327, 1328, 2920) the crown is above the human legs, and in the other three cases (1888, 2472, 2679) one leg passes through the crown. The naming is inconsistent, so I call the first pattern "Miss World" (who is wearing a crown she won due to her attractive human legs) and the second "garter" (one human leg passes through the crown and wears it as a garter).

Accepted Answer

タン grope, search, look for 3 930 11 64 て・てへん 形声 Phonetic A pictograph of a japanese schoolgirl getting groped by perverts on the train. The fingers of course, a crown (her too short skirt) and her legs below (which to be honest are pretty thick like tree trunks).

Kanji	探
Onyomi	タン
Kunyomi	さぐ.る、さが.す
English	grope, search, look for
Examples	探険(たんけん): exploration; expedition 探す(さがす): (1) to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime) (2) to search (for something desired, needed); to look for 探る(さぐる): (1) to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for (2) to investigate; to probe into; to spy on; to sound out (3) to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	930
Components	手: hand 㓁: a net; net-like; radical 122 木: tree; wood
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	grope
Koohii Story 1	A pictograph of a japanese schoolgirl getting groped by perverts on the train. The fingers of course, a crown (her too short skirt) and her legs below (which to be honest are pretty thick like tree trunks).
Koohii Story 2	Note: The combination "crown +human legs" appears seven times in Heisig. In four cases (nos. 323, 1327, 1328, 2920) the crown is above the human legs, and in the other three cases (1888, 2472, 2679) one leg passes through the crown. The naming is inconsistent, so I call the first pattern "Miss World" (who is wearing a crown she won due to her attractive human legs) and the second "garter" (one human leg passes through the crown and wears it as a garter).

Crown Search Human Grope Cases Leg Passes 探