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spy
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingテイ

Meanings

  1. spyRtK
  2. detective
    突然小説好きなっHe suddenly took a liking to detective stories.tatoeba
    小説読む夢中なっいるHe is absorbed in reading detective novels.tatoeba
  1. scouting
  2. reconnaissance

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Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

person () · upright · magic wand · augury · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye () · animal legs () · eight ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1056

Compound words

彼は探小説を読むことに熱中している。
He is absorbed in reading a detective story.tatoeba
彼は多数のおもしろい探小説を書いている。
He has written a number of exciting detective stories.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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