Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1857

spy

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

scouting; reconnaissance
detective; investigator
secret investigation; private enquiry
private detective
reconnaissance in force; combat reconnaissance
surveillance drone; unmanned reconnaissance plane
armchair detective
inept detective
detective work; detective industry
detective bureau; detective agency

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

Detective Conan (manga series and media franchise); Case Closed
cybersleuth

Example sentences

He reads detective stories on occasion.

The detective took six months to get at the truth of that affair.

Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.

She employed a private detective to keep a watch on her husband.