look for

(handleft) + (nice thick pie) + (tree)
★★★★☆
11 strokes
DUPE

Onyomi

TAN

Mnemonic

Use your hands to climb the tree and look for the TAN thick pie which is stuck in the top branch (long story).

Kunyomi

さが*す to search for something you want but don't have (a good restaraunt, a store with bargains, sanity).
★★★★☆

Jukugo

探偵(たんてい)

private detective ★★★☆☆
(look for) + (detective) = 探偵 (private detective)

BOOBOO: Most books say this means 'detective' but really it means private detective, not police. (police detective is 刑事 -けいじ). There's a huge P.I. industry here - they have advertisements in all the magazines and even posters on walls on the street!

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
deep WATER
look for HANDS
gather NEST
search FREEDOM
instruct RECIEVE

The merman lives in the deep WATER.

You look for delicious PIE, but you gather NESTS so the birds all die.

You search for FREEDOM.

You RECEIVE instruction.

Synonyms

search for
探    捜