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
搜救
sōujiù
search and rescue
Characters in this word
救 jiù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 求 to seek 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 地震发生后，救援队在偏远山区展开搜救，连续工作了三十多个小时。 Dìzhèn fāshēng hòu, jiùyuán duì zài piānyuǎn shānqū zhǎnkāi sōujiù, liánxù gōngzuò le sānshí duō gè xiǎoshí. After the earthquake, the rescue team launched a search and rescue operation in the remote mountain area and worked continuously for more than thirty hours.
- 无人机在海上搜救失踪的渔民。 Wúrénjī zài hǎishàng sōujiù shīzōng de yúmín. Drones are conducting a search and rescue for the fishermen missing at sea.
- 消防员连夜在江面上搜救落水的孩子。 Xiāofángyuán liányè zài jiāngmiàn shàng sōujiù luòshuǐ de háizi. The firefighters searched for and rescued the child who fell into the river throughout the night.
Related words
- 搜 sōu to search
- 搜索 sōusuǒ to search; search
- 搜集 sōují to collect
- 搜查 sōuchá to search; to conduct a search
- 搜寻 sōuxún to search for; to look for
- 救 jiù to save; to rescue
- 救灾 jiùzāi disaster relief
- 抢救 qiǎngjiù to rescue urgently
- 急救 jíjiù first aid, emergency treatment
- 救命 jiùmìng to save a life
- 救援 jiùyuán rescue, relief
- 救助 jiùzhù to help, to rescue