搜

sōu

s+ōu·1st tone

to search

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 12 HSK 5

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

搜=扌+叟

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to search

sōu

(bound form) to collect; to gather

sōu

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Words with 搜 130 total

to hunt and arrest (fugitives) · to track down and arrest · a manhunt搜捕sōu bǔ to search搜查sōu chá

Idioms with 搜 15 total Chain

to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution搜肠刮肚sōu cháng guā dù to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)搜索枯肠sōu suǒ kū cháng