詳

Detailed, thorough, complete, or comprehensive. In its active sense: to explain, investigate, inquire into, or make clear.

Functions as both an adjective and a verb. As an adjective, it denotes a lack of omission (exhaustiveness). As a verb, it describes the act of rendering a matter comprehensible through detailed account or examination.

Contrast with 細 (xì): while 細 refers to granularity and minuteness (the "fine-grained" aspect), 詳 refers to clarity and comprehensiveness (the "full-picture" aspect).

Variants include U+7FD4 and U+2B167, which involve phonetic shifts in the right-hand component. Simplified form: U+8BE6.

Be alert for homophonic substitution with 祥 (auspicious/omen). If "detailed" or "explained" is incongruous with the context—particularly in passages concerning divination or luck—consider whether a scribal error has replaced 祥 with 詳.