搜

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See also: 捜
搜 U+641C, 搜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-641C
← 搛
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 搝 →
搜 U+FA8E, 搜
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA8E
← 揄
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 摒 →

Translingual

Japanese 捜
Simplified 搜
Traditional 搜

Alternative forms

Han character

搜 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10 in traditional Chinese, 手+9 in simplified Chinese, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese, 12 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 手竹難水 (QHXE), four-corner 57047, composition ⿰扌⿱⿻𦥑丨又(HT or U+FA8E) or ⿰扌⿱⿻臼丨又(GJKV))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 447, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12486
  • Dae Jaweon: page 797, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1919, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+641C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (叟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
㮴 *suːw
艘 *suːw, *sɯːw
嫂 *suːwʔ
瞍 *sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏 *slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜 *sluːʔ
叟 *suːʔ
傁 *suːʔ
廋 *suːʔ, *sru
醙 *suʔ, *sru
遚 *sʰrus
餿 *sru
搜 *sru
颼 *sru
溲 *sru, *sruʔ
鎪 *sru
獀 *sru
鄋 *sru
螋 *sru, *sro
騪 *sru
瘦 *srus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sru) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ).

叟 is the original character, also meaning “to search”, and depicting a hand holding a torch indoors.

Etymology 1

trad. 搜
simp. # 搜
2nd round simp. ⿱由又
alternative forms 捜
蒐
𢯱
𠮍
𢅢

Compare perhaps Burmese ရှာ (hra, “to look for”) (Luce 1981).

Pronunciation

Note: chhiau/chhiâu - 抄 is used in the Mainland..
Note:
  • siou1 - Shantou;
  • siao1 - Jieyang;
  • siu1 - Pontianak.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 搜
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sōu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ srjuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sru/
English search

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 搜
Reading # 1/1
No. 12079
Phonetic
component 		叟
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𢯱
Old
Chinese 		/*sru/

Definitions

搜

  1. (obsolete) to collect
  2. to seek; to look for
  3. to interrogate and check or examine; to search
    搜身  ―  sōushēn  ―  to search a person; to make a body search
  4. Alternative form of 獀 (sōu, “spring hunt”)
Synonyms
  • (to seek):
  • (to interrogate and check or examine): 盤查／盘查 (pánchá)

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 搜
simp. # 搜
alternative forms 抄 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Note: chhiau/chhiâu - 抄 is used in the Mainland..

Definitions

搜

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to stir; to churn; to whip; to mix

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 搜 – see 蒐 (“to gather; to seek”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 蒐).
Notes:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

捜

Kyūjitai

搜

Kanji

搜

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 捜)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 捜

Readings

Korean

Hanja

搜 • (su) (hangeul 수)

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Vietnamese

Han character

搜: Hán Nôm readings: sưu, xâu

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References

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