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
搜寻
sōuxún
to search for; to look for
Characters in this word
寻 xún
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 彐 — snout
- Made of
- 彐 snout 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 警方正在搜寻失踪儿童的目击者，希望尽快还原事发经过。 Jǐngfāng zhèngzài sōuxún shīzōng értóng de mùjīzhě, xīwàng jǐnkuài huányuán shìfā jīngguò. The police are searching for witnesses to the missing child case, hoping to reconstruct what happened as soon as possible.
- 救援队连夜搜寻失联的登山者，天亮才回来。 Jiùyuánduì liányè sōuxún shīlián de dēngshānzhě, tiānliàng cái huílái. The rescue team searched all night for the missing climbers and only returned at dawn.
- 他在抽屉里搜寻钥匙，找了半天也没找到。 Tā zài chōuti li sōuxún yàoshi, zhǎole bàntiān yě méi zhǎodào. He rummaged through the drawer looking for his keys but searched for ages without finding them.
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
- 搜救 sōujiù search and rescue
- 寻找 xúnzhǎo to look for
- 寻求 xúnqiú to seek
- 耐人寻味 nàirénxúnwèi thought-provoking; intriguing
- 寻 xún to seek; to look for
- 寻常 xúncháng ordinary; common
- 寻觅 xúnmì to search for; to seek
- 物色 wùsè to look for; to seek out