たん
てい
ぎょう

noun

  1. detective work, detective industry.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
たん
てい
ぎょう
探偵業 たんていぎょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

grope, search, look for
さが.す タン さぐ.る (6th, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
deep
a net, net-like, radical 122
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
spy
テイ (9th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
upright, chastity, constancy
テイ さだ ジョウ (9th, N1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
business, vocation, arts
ギョウ わざ ゴウ (3rd, N4)
business(業) variant
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wooden instrument
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ いま.だ ビ (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)