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Translingual
Han character
搵 (Kangxi radical 64, 手 +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手田人廿 (QWOT ), four-corner 56017 , composition ⿰扌 𥁕 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 448 , character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12520
Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present , would follow volume 3, page 1932, character 5
Unihan data for U+6435
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
媪
蝹
*quːʔ, *qrun, *qun
溫
*quːn
𥁕
*quːn
輼
*quːn
蕰
*quːn, *qunʔ, *quns
殟
*quːn, *quːd
豱
*quːn
緼
*quːn, *qun, *qunʔ, *quns
韞
*quːn, *qunʔ
瘟
*quːn
揾
*quːns, *qunʔ, *quːd
氲
*qun
煴
*qun, *quns
馧
*qun, *quːd
蒀
藴
*qun, *qunʔ
褞
*qunʔ
醖
慍
*quns
蘊
*quns
腽
*quːd
榅
*quːd
嗢
*quːd, *qruːd
Pronunciation 1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
搵
搵
Reading #
1/3
2/3
No.
12978
12991
Phonetic component
昷
昷
Rime group
文
文
Rime subdivision
2
2
Corresponding MC rime
揾
惲
Old Chinese
/*quːns/
/*qunʔ/
Definitions
搵
( literary or premodern vernacular or Hakka , Southern Min ) to dip in; to submerge in (sauce , ink , etc.)
搵 豆油 / 揾 豆油 ― ùn tāu-iû ― to dip in soy sauce
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
蘸 (“to dip in”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
蘸1
Northeastern Mandarin
Singapore
點
Central Plains Mandarin
Wanrong
蘸1
Xi'an
蘸1
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
蘸1
Cantonese
Guangzhou
蘸2 , 點
Hong Kong
蘸2 , 點
Taishan
蘸3 , 點
Kaiping (Chikan)
點
Gan
Nanchang
蘸1
Lichuan
蘸1
Hakka
Meixian
蘸1
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
蘸1 , 搵
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
蘸1 , 搵
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
蘸1 , 搵
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
蘸1 , 搵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
蘸1 , 搵
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
搵
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
搵
Southern Min
Xiamen
搵
Quanzhou
搵
Zhangzhou
搵
Tainan
搵 , 滒
Penang (Hokkien)
搵
Singapore (Hokkien)
搵
Manila (Hokkien)
搵
Chaozhou
搵
Shantou
搵
Leizhou
搵
Haikou
搵
Wu
Shanghai
蘸1
Shanghai (Chongming)
蘸1
Ningbo
搵 , 蘸1
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
搵
( chiefly premodern vernacular ) to press (with one's finger)
( chiefly premodern vernacular ) to wipe away
( premodern vernacular ) to kiss ; to nibble
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
搵
( obsolete ) to support
Pronunciation 4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
搵
Reading #
3/3
No.
13002
Phonetic component
昷
Rime group
物
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
𩑦
Old Chinese
/*quːd/
Definitions
搵
( obsolete ) to tease
Pronunciation 5
Definitions
搵
( Cantonese , dialectal Hakka , Zhongshan Min ) to search ; to look for
我 搵 到 鎖匙 喇 。 我 揾 到 锁匙 喇 。 ngo5 wan2 dou3 so2 si4 laa3 . I found my keys.
搵 唔 到 工 / 揾 唔 到 工 ― wan2 m4 dou3 gung1 ― unable to find a job
搵 緊 佢 副 眼鏡 揾 紧 佢 副 眼镜 wan2 gan2 keoi5 fu3 ngaan5 geng3-2 look ing for their glasses
叫 佢 唔好 再 搵 我 叫 佢 唔好 再 揾 我 giu3 keoi5 m4 hou2 zoi3 wan2 ngo5 ask them not to try to contact me ever again
( Cantonese ) to earn (money)
搵 錢/ 揾 钱 ― wan2 cin4 ― to make money
搵 外快 / 揾 外快 ― wan2 ngoi6 faai3 ― to earn extra money
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
求 , 尋 , 覓1
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
找 , 尋找 , 尋覓
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
找
Taiwan
找
Chengde
找
Chifeng
找
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
找
Heihe
找
Qiqihar
找
Harbin
找
Jiamusi
找
Baicheng
找
Changchun
找
Tonghua
找
Shenyang
找
Jinzhou
找
Malaysia
找
Singapore
找
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
找
Tangshan
找
Cangzhou
找
Baoding
找
Shijiazhuang
找
Lijin
找
Jinan
找
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
找
Dandong
找
Yantai
找
Yantai (Muping)
找
Qingdao
找
Zhucheng
找
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
尋 , 找
Lingbao
尋
Jining
找
Wanrong
尋
Linfen
尋
Shangqiu
找 , 尋
Yuanyang
尋
Zhengzhou
找
Xinyang
找
Baihe
找
Xi'an
尋 , 找
Baoji
找 , 尋
Tianshui
找 , 尋
Xining
尋
Xuzhou
找
Fuyang
找
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
找
Lanzhou
找
Dunhuang
找
Hami
找
Ürümqi
找
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
找
Nanchong
找
Dazhou
找
Hanyuan
找
Xichang
找
Zigong
找
Chongqing
找
Wuhan
找 , 尋
Yichang
找
Xiangyang
找
Tianmen
找 , 尋
Guiyang
找
Zunyi
找
Bijie
找
Liping
找
Zhaotong
找
Dali
找
Kunming
找
Mengzi
尾
Guilin
找
Liuzhou
找
Changde
找
Hanzhong
找
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
找
Yangzhou
找
Lianyungang
找
Lianshui
找
Nantong
找
Anqing
找
Wuhu
找
Hefei
找
Hong'an
找
Cantonese
Guangzhou
搵2
Hong Kong
搵2
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
搵2
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
尋
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
搵2
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
搵2
Macau
搵2
Guangzhou (Panyu)
搵2
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
搵2
Guangzhou (Conghua)
搵2
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
搵2
Foshan
搵2
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
搵2
Foshan (Shunde)
搵2
Foshan (Sanshui)
搵2
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
搵2
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
搵2
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
搵2
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
搵2
Zhuhai (Doumen)
搵2
Jiangmen (Baisha)
搵2
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
搵2
Taishan
搵2 , 搵3
Kaiping (Chikan)
搵2 , 搵3
Enping (Niujiang)
搵2
Heshan (Yayao)
搵2
Dongguan
搵2
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
尋 , 搵2
Qingyuan
搵2
Fogang
搵2
Yingde (Hanguang)
搵2
Yangshan
搵2
Shaoguan
搵2
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
搵2
Renhua
搵2
Lechang
搵2
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
搵2
Sihui
搵2
Guangning
搵2
Deqing
搵2
Huaiji
搵2
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
搵2
Yunfu
搵2
Xinxing
搵2
Luoding
搵2
Yunan (Pingtai)
搵2
Yangjiang
搵2
Xinyi
搵2
Lianjiang
搵2
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
尋
Nanning
搵2
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
搵2
Penang (Guangfu)
搵2
Ipoh (Guangfu)
搵2
Singapore (Guangfu)
搵2
Gan
Nanchang
尋 , 找
Lichuan
尋
Pingxiang
尋
Hakka
Meixian
尋
Xingning
尋
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
尋
Huidong (Daling)
尋
Dongguan (Qingxi)
尋
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
尋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
搵2
Heyuan (Bendihua)
尋
Zijin
尋
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
尋
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
尋
Liannan
尋
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
尋
Jiexi
尋
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
尋
Changting
尋
Wuping
尋
Wuping (Yanqian)
尋
Wuping (Pingyu)
尋
Liancheng
尋
Ninghua
尋
Yudu
尋
Ningdu
尋
Ruijin
尋
Shicheng
尋
Shangyou (Shexi)
尋
Tonggu (Sandu)
尋
Ganzhou (Panlong)
尋
Dayu
尋
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
尋
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
尋
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
尋
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
尋
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
尋
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
尋
Hong Kong
尋
Yangxi (Tangkou)
搵2 , 跟
Yangchun (Sanjia)
搵2
Xinyi (Sihe)
跟
Xinyi (Qianpai)
跟
Gaozhou (Xindong)
跟
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
跟
Huazhou (Xin'an)
跟
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
跟
Lianjiang (Qingping)
跟
Mengshan (Xihe)
尋
Luchuan
尋
Senai (Huiyang)
尋
Singapore (Meixian)
尋
Singapore (Dabu)
尋
Huizhou
Jixi
尋
Shexian
尋
Jin
Taiyuan
尋 , 找
Yangyuan
找 , 尋
Datong
尋
Xinzhou
尋
Lüliang (Lishi)
尋
Changzhi
找 , 尋
Linhe
找 , 尋
Jining
找
Hohhot
找 , 尋
Erenhot
找
Pingshan
找
Zhangjiakou
找
Handan
找
Linzhou
找
Suide
尋
Northern Min
Jian'ou
撈
Songxi
撈
Zhenghe
撈
Jianyang
撈
Wuyishan
撈
Pucheng (Shibei)
撈
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
討 , 尋
Fuzhou (Changle)
討
Fuqing
討
Yongtai
討
Gutian
討 , 撈
Pingnan
撈
Fu'an
揣
Ningde
尋
Xiapu
揣
Zherong
揣
Shouning
撈
Zhouning
揣
Fuding
揣
Matsu
討
Singapore (Fuqing)
討
Southern Min
Xiamen
揣 , 覓1
Xiamen (Tong'an)
揣
Quanzhou
揣 , 覓1
Jinjiang
揣
Shishi
揣
Yongchun
揣
Zhangzhou
揣 , 覓1
Zhao'an
揣
Taipei
揣
New Taipei (Sanxia)
揣
Kaohsiung
揣
Yilan
揣
Changhua (Lukang)
揣
Taichung
揣
Tainan
揣
Hsinchu
揣
Kinmen
揣
Penghu (Magong)
揣
Penang (Hokkien)
揣
Singapore (Hokkien)
揣
Manila (Hokkien)
揣
Longyan
揣
Datian
揣
Chaozhou
揣
Shantou
揣
Shantou (Chenghai)
揣
Shantou (Chaoyang)
揣
Jieyang
揣
Haifeng
揣
Bangkok (Teochew)
揣
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
揣
Singapore (Teochew)
揣
Leizhou
覓3
Wenchang
覓3 , 揣
Haikou
覓3
Singapore (Hainanese)
覓3
Puxian Min
Putian
揣
Central Min
Yong'an
撈
Sanming (Sanyuan)
撈
Sanming (Shaxian)
撈
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
搵2
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
搵2
Wu
Shanghai
尋
Shanghai (Chongming)
尋
Suzhou
尋
Kunshan
尋
Taicang
尋
Qidong
尋
Haimen (Sijia)
尋
Danyang
尋
Jingjiang
找
Huzhou
尋
Hangzhou
尋
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
尋
Tonglu (Wusheng)
尋
Zhuji
尋
Shengzhou
尋
Ningbo
尋
Cixi
尋
Wenzhou
尋
Jinhua
尋
Xiang
Changsha
尋
Loudi
尋
Shuangfeng
尋
Compounds
Pronunciation 6
Etymology
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Definitions
搵 (alt. form 找 )
( Siyi Yue ) to search ; to look for
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
求 , 尋 , 覓1
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
找 , 尋找 , 尋覓
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
找
Taiwan
找
Chengde
找
Chifeng
找
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
找
Heihe
找
Qiqihar
找
Harbin
找
Jiamusi
找
Baicheng
找
Changchun
找
Tonghua
找
Shenyang
找
Jinzhou
找
Malaysia
找
Singapore
找
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
找
Tangshan
找
Cangzhou
找
Baoding
找
Shijiazhuang
找
Lijin
找
Jinan
找
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
找
Dandong
找
Yantai
找
Yantai (Muping)
找
Qingdao
找
Zhucheng
找
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
尋 , 找
Lingbao
尋
Jining
找
Wanrong
尋
Linfen
尋
Shangqiu
找 , 尋
Yuanyang
尋
Zhengzhou
找
Xinyang
找
Baihe
找
Xi'an
尋 , 找
Baoji
找 , 尋
Tianshui
找 , 尋
Xining
尋
Xuzhou
找
Fuyang
找
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
找
Lanzhou
找
Dunhuang
找
Hami
找
Ürümqi
找
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
找
Nanchong
找
Dazhou
找
Hanyuan
找
Xichang
找
Zigong
找
Chongqing
找
Wuhan
找 , 尋
Yichang
找
Xiangyang
找
Tianmen
找 , 尋
Guiyang
找
Zunyi
找
Bijie
找
Liping
找
Zhaotong
找
Dali
找
Kunming
找
Mengzi
尾
Guilin
找
Liuzhou
找
Changde
找
Hanzhong
找
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
找
Yangzhou
找
Lianyungang
找
Lianshui
找
Nantong
找
Anqing
找
Wuhu
找
Hefei
找
Hong'an
找
Cantonese
Guangzhou
搵2
Hong Kong
搵2
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
搵2
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
尋
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
搵2
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
搵2
Macau
搵2
Guangzhou (Panyu)
搵2
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
搵2
Guangzhou (Conghua)
搵2
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
搵2
Foshan
搵2
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
搵2
Foshan (Shunde)
搵2
Foshan (Sanshui)
搵2
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
搵2
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
搵2
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
搵2
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
搵2
Zhuhai (Doumen)
搵2
Jiangmen (Baisha)
搵2
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
搵2
Taishan
搵2 , 搵3
Kaiping (Chikan)
搵2 , 搵3
Enping (Niujiang)
搵2
Heshan (Yayao)
搵2
Dongguan
搵2
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
尋 , 搵2
Qingyuan
搵2
Fogang
搵2
Yingde (Hanguang)
搵2
Yangshan
搵2
Shaoguan
搵2
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
搵2
Renhua
搵2
Lechang
搵2
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
搵2
Sihui
搵2
Guangning
搵2
Deqing
搵2
Huaiji
搵2
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
搵2
Yunfu
搵2
Xinxing
搵2
Luoding
搵2
Yunan (Pingtai)
搵2
Yangjiang
搵2
Xinyi
搵2
Lianjiang
搵2
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
尋
Nanning
搵2
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
搵2
Penang (Guangfu)
搵2
Ipoh (Guangfu)
搵2
Singapore (Guangfu)
搵2
Gan
Nanchang
尋 , 找
Lichuan
尋
Pingxiang
尋
Hakka
Meixian
尋
Xingning
尋
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
尋
Huidong (Daling)
尋
Dongguan (Qingxi)
尋
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
尋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
搵2
Heyuan (Bendihua)
尋
Zijin
尋
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
尋
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
尋
Liannan
尋
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
尋
Jiexi
尋
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
尋
Changting
尋
Wuping
尋
Wuping (Yanqian)
尋
Wuping (Pingyu)
尋
Liancheng
尋
Ninghua
尋
Yudu
尋
Ningdu
尋
Ruijin
尋
Shicheng
尋
Shangyou (Shexi)
尋
Tonggu (Sandu)
尋
Ganzhou (Panlong)
尋
Dayu
尋
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
尋
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
尋
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
尋
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
尋
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
尋
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
尋
Hong Kong
尋
Yangxi (Tangkou)
搵2 , 跟
Yangchun (Sanjia)
搵2
Xinyi (Sihe)
跟
Xinyi (Qianpai)
跟
Gaozhou (Xindong)
跟
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
跟
Huazhou (Xin'an)
跟
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
跟
Lianjiang (Qingping)
跟
Mengshan (Xihe)
尋
Luchuan
尋
Senai (Huiyang)
尋
Singapore (Meixian)
尋
Singapore (Dabu)
尋
Huizhou
Jixi
尋
Shexian
尋
Jin
Taiyuan
尋 , 找
Yangyuan
找 , 尋
Datong
尋
Xinzhou
尋
Lüliang (Lishi)
尋
Changzhi
找 , 尋
Linhe
找 , 尋
Jining
找
Hohhot
找 , 尋
Erenhot
找
Pingshan
找
Zhangjiakou
找
Handan
找
Linzhou
找
Suide
尋
Northern Min
Jian'ou
撈
Songxi
撈
Zhenghe
撈
Jianyang
撈
Wuyishan
撈
Pucheng (Shibei)
撈
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
討 , 尋
Fuzhou (Changle)
討
Fuqing
討
Yongtai
討
Gutian
討 , 撈
Pingnan
撈
Fu'an
揣
Ningde
尋
Xiapu
揣
Zherong
揣
Shouning
撈
Zhouning
揣
Fuding
揣
Matsu
討
Singapore (Fuqing)
討
Southern Min
Xiamen
揣 , 覓1
Xiamen (Tong'an)
揣
Quanzhou
揣 , 覓1
Jinjiang
揣
Shishi
揣
Yongchun
揣
Zhangzhou
揣 , 覓1
Zhao'an
揣
Taipei
揣
New Taipei (Sanxia)
揣
Kaohsiung
揣
Yilan
揣
Changhua (Lukang)
揣
Taichung
揣
Tainan
揣
Hsinchu
揣
Kinmen
揣
Penghu (Magong)
揣
Penang (Hokkien)
揣
Singapore (Hokkien)
揣
Manila (Hokkien)
揣
Longyan
揣
Datian
揣
Chaozhou
揣
Shantou
揣
Shantou (Chenghai)
揣
Shantou (Chaoyang)
揣
Jieyang
揣
Haifeng
揣
Bangkok (Teochew)
揣
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
揣
Singapore (Teochew)
揣
Leizhou
覓3
Wenchang
覓3 , 揣
Haikou
覓3
Singapore (Hainanese)
覓3
Puxian Min
Putian
揣
Central Min
Yong'an
撈
Sanming (Sanyuan)
撈
Sanming (Shaxian)
撈
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
搵2
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
搵2
Wu
Shanghai
尋
Shanghai (Chongming)
尋
Suzhou
尋
Kunshan
尋
Taicang
尋
Qidong
尋
Haimen (Sijia)
尋
Danyang
尋
Jingjiang
找
Huzhou
尋
Hangzhou
尋
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)
尋
Tonglu (Wusheng)
尋
Zhuji
尋
Shengzhou
尋
Ningbo
尋
Cixi
尋
Wenzhou
尋
Jinhua
尋
Xiang
Changsha
尋
Loudi
尋
Shuangfeng
尋
Pronunciation 7
Definitions
搵
( Hakka ) to bend ; to turn
References
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典 ), B01377
“搵 ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database) , 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong ), 2014–
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“Entry #HK0000015278 ”, in 臺灣客語辭典 (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C. , 2022 .
“Entry #HK0000015279 ”, in 臺灣客語辭典 (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C. , 2022 .
冯爱珍 , editor (1998 ), “搵 ”, in 福州方言词典 (in Chinese), Nanjing: 江苏教育出版社 (Jiangsu Educational Press), →ISBN , page 245 .
Japanese
Kanji
搵
(Hyōgai kanji )
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