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搜 sōu

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搜 sōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sōu | sou1
English translation
to search
to seek, to search, to investigate

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About 搜 sōu

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

搜 sōu

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of 搜 sōu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌叟

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

叟 sǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 叟 sǒu represents the sound. Originally written as 叟 sǒu .

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Example sentences using 搜 sōu

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他 tā 把 bǎ 沙发 shāfā 内部 nèibù 彻底 chèdǐ 搜寻 sōu xún 了 le 一 yī 翻 fān .

He had a good rummage inside the sofa.

要 yāo 搜索 sōusuǒ 的 de 区域 qūyù 已经 yǐjīng 划 huá 了 le 出来 chū lái .

The region to be researched has been traced out.

经过 jīngguò 大规模 dà guī mó 的 de 海上 hǎi shàng 搜 sōu 救 jiù 仍 réng 未 wèi 找到 zhǎo dào 幸存者 xìng cún zhě .

A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.

两 liǎng 星期 xīngqī 后 Hòu 他们 tā men 放弃 fàngqì 了 le 搜 sōu 救 jiù 那 Nā 名 míng 失踪 shīzōng 的 de 小孩 xiǎo hái .

The searching for the missing child was abandoned after two weeks.

“拾荒 shí huāng 式 shì ”搜索 sōusuǒ 能 Néng 作为 zuòwéi 例子 lì zi 或 huò 课程 kèchéng 指引 zhǐ yǐn .

Scavenger hunts can be as simple or involved as circumstances dictate.

Words with 搜 sōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
搜索 sōusuǒ to search (a place)搜索 sōusuǒ
搜 sōu to search搜 sōu
搜查 sōu chá to search搜查 sōu chá
搜寻 sōu xún to search搜尋
搜集 sōu jí to gather搜集 sōu jí
搜狐 Sōu hú Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company搜狐 Sōu hú
搜捕 sōu bǔ a manhunt搜捕 sōu bǔ
搜身 sōu shēn to frisk搜身 sōu shēn
搜罗 sōu luó to gather搜羅
搜刮 sōu guā to plunder搜刮 sōu guā
搜索引擎 sōu suǒ yǐn qíng search engine搜索引擎 sōu suǒ yǐn qíng
搜肠刮肚 sōu cháng guā dù to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution搜腸刮肚
搜求 sōu qiú to seek搜求 sōu qiú
搜括 sōu kuò to plunder搜括 sōu kuò
搜检 sōu jiǎn to check搜檢
搜索枯肠 sōu suǒ kū cháng to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)搜索枯腸
搜索树 sōu suǒ shù search tree (computing)搜索樹

搜 sōu Decomposition & Compounds

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搜 sōu Decomposition

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