勘探 kāntàn▶ สำรวจหา; พิสูจน์

Stroke order

勘探 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 勘 — 11 strokes
• 探 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. to explore
2. to survey
3. to prospect (for oil etc)
4. prospecting

Related words

• 侦探นักสืบ
• 探望เยี่ยม, เยี่ยมเยียน
• 探测ตรวจสอบ, สอบสวน, หัววัด
• 探索สำรวจ
• 探讨อภิปราย; สืบสวน

勘探 is pronounced kāntàn and means “สำรวจหา; พิสูจน์”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 勘探 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.