EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    fumbling; groping

    彼らは手探りで進み続けた。
    They kept on feeling their way.

Also written 手さぐり【てさぐり】

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Characters in this word

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Kun
て--てた-
On
シュ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
60 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3SKIP code
3c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2050.0Four corner code
2247deroo
624bUnicode hex code
1-28-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1827Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060New Nelson (John Haig)
3456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
118Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11768Morohashi
32A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28sakade
54Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35henshall3
30Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57crowley
170Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
847Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
644Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
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Kun
さぐ.るさが.す
On
タン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
930 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.16The Kanji Dictionary
5709.4Four corner code
1364deroo
63a2Unicode hex code
1-35-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1949Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2211New Nelson (John Haig)
505New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
613Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
374Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
466Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1327Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1425Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1239A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1316Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1236Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12276Morohashi
930A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
535Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
544Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
578Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
942henshall3
927Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1258Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
908Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1340Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tan4, tan1Pinyin reading
tamKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level