探索者 (tàn suǒ zhě) — explorer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

explorer

Measure word · 个

探索者。
Zhè wèi tàn suǒ zhě zǒu biàn le nán jí dà lù.
This explorer traveled all over the Antarctic continent.
探索者。
Xǔ duō tàn suǒ zhě zài shā mò zhōng fā xiàn le gǔ dài wén míng.
Many explorers discovered ancient civilizations in the desert.
探索者，。
Zuò wéi yì míng tàn suǒ zhě, tā rè ài mào xiǎn.
As an explorer, he loves adventure.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

探索explore

联合Coordinate

探索 covers exploring and searching, and 者 denotes the person who does it; together they mean explorer.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

𥥍

𥥍𥥍探tàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 探, the 扌 part is a hand, and 𥥍 gives the sound.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

索 combines 糸 (thread) and 𣎳 (stripping fibres from a hemp stalk), showing threads or rope being pulled out from a fabric.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

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