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搜

sōu

to search

A person searching under a cushion
Memory picture

Character

搜 sōu

Strokes
12
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 叟 old man
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我搜一下。 Wǒ sōu yíxià. I will search for a moment.
  • 他在搜书。 Tā zài sōu shū. He is searching for a book.
  • 搜这个词。 Sōu zhège cí. Search for this word.

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