to explore / to search out / to scout / to visit / to stretch forward
探
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扌
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冖
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八
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木
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Tecumseh (t) lost an eight-ball (八) during the last billiard game and goes scouting (探) to find it. Eventually he arrives at the anthill's bathroom (an4) and looks under a big Christmas tree (木). He lifts a cooking top (冖) with a toy claw (扌) and finally finds the eight-ball under it.
探
=
扌
+
罙
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Tecumseh (t) is exploring (探) the chimney of a kitchen range (罙) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He uses two toy claws (扌) to climb inside of it from bottom to top.
勘
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力
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甚
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Karl Marx (k) is chatting with an extremist (甚) in front of the anthill (an1) and would like to investigate (勘) that the power button (力) on the extremist's girdle is supposed to do.