漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
捜: search, look for
Also: locate
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 叟(sound)
扌 carries the meaning · 叟 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 家宅捜査かたくそうさhousehold search
- 捜査するそうさするinvestigate (a criminal case)
- 捜索するそうさくするsearch (for a criminal), hunt
- 捜査そうさ
- 特捜とくそうspecial investigation
- 捜索そうさく
さがすsagasu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 捜すさがすsearch, seek, look for
- 捜し物さがしものobject being sought
Also read シュ, シュウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 hand, as 扌 (meaning) + 叟 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 搜 (rev. 93448375), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
叟
Also built on 叟
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side捜 search · 扌
vs痩 get thin · 疒In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 搜 · sōu
捜 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 搜 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 搜 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 搜 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sōu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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