# 搜

| 搜 | U+641C, &#25628; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-641C |
| ← 搛 [U+641B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 搝 → [U+641D] |
| 搜 | U+FA8E, &#64142; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA8E |
| ← 揄 [U+FA8D] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 摒 → [U+FA8F] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 捜 |
| Simplified | 搜 |
| Traditional | 搜 |

### Alternative forms

* Note that the traditional form contains 𦥑 (7 strokes) while Japanese kyūjitai, Korean Hanja, Vietnamese Nom and mainland China's standardized form (新字形, Xin Zixing) contains 臼 (6 strokes) instead. Both of these forms are encoded under the same code point. This character may appear to be either 搜 or 搜 depending on the fonts available.
* A CJK compatibility ideograph exist at U+FA8E for the alternative Korean form which contains 𦥑 (7 strokes).

### 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 5704$_7$, composition ⿰扌⿱⿻𦥑丨又(HT or U+FA8E) or ⿰扌⿱⿻臼丨又(GJKV))

#### Related characters

* 捜 (Japanese shinjitai)

#### 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
* Unihan data for U+FA8E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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

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

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sōu (sou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau$^1$ / sau$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lheu$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu
* Eastern Min (BUC): sĕu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): so / so͘ / só͘ / chhiau / chhiâu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siou$^1$ / siao$^1$ / siu$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$seu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sou
*** Wade–Giles: sou$^1$
*** Yale: sōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
*** Palladius: соу (sou)
*** Sinological IPA : /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^1$ / sau$^2$
*** Yale: sāu / sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^1$ / sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^1$ / seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯⁵⁵/, /sɐu̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lheu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬeu⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛu⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
*** Tâi-lô: so
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soy
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /so³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
*** Tâi-lô: soo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sof
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
*** Tâi-lô: sóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sor
*** IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau
*** Tâi-lô: tshiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiaw
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâu
*** Tâi-lô: tshiâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiaau
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siou$^1$ / siao$^1$ / siu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siou / siau / siu
*** Sinological IPA : /siou³³/, /siau³³/, /siu³³/
* siou1 - Shantou;
* siao1 - Jieyang;
* siu1 - Pontianak.
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sru/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sru/
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. *[t] 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
* (obsolete) to collect
* to seek; to look for
* to interrogate and check or examine; to search
    搜身 ― sōushēn ― to search a person; to make a body search
* Alternative form of 獀 (sōu, “spring hunt”)

##### Synonyms

* (to seek):
* 參訪／参访 (cānfǎng) (literary)
* 尋摸／寻摸 (xúnmō) (literary or colloquial)
* 尋求／寻求 (xúnqiú)
* 探求 (tànqiú)
* 求 (qiú)
* 求思 (qiúsī) (literary)
* 熱衷／热衷 (rèzhōng)
* 牟取 (móuqǔ) (usually illegally)
* 獵取／猎取 (lièqǔ)
* 考究
* 覓／觅 (mì) (literary, or in compounds)
* 訪查／访查 (fǎngchá) (literary)
* 謀取／谋取 (móuqǔ)
* 謀求／谋求 (móuqiú)
* 講求／讲求 (jiǎngqiú)
* 講究／讲究 (jiǎngjiu)
* 追求 (zhuīqiú)
* 追逐 (zhuīzhú)
* (to interrogate and check or examine): 盤查／盘查 (pánchá)

#### Compounds

* 冥搜
* 劣缺搊搜／劣缺𫼝搜
* 大肆搜捕
* 抖搜
* 扭搜
* 抖搜精神 (dǒusōujīngshén)
* 挖心搜膽／挖心搜胆
* 搜刮 (sōuguā)
* 搜剔
* 搜劫
* 搜奇抉怪
* 搜奇訪古／搜奇访古
* 搜奇選妙／搜奇选妙
* 搜尋／搜寻 (sōuxún)
* 搜尋引擎／搜寻引擎 (sōuxún yǐnqíng)
* 搜括 (sōuguā)
* 搜捕 (sōubǔ)
* 搜揚仄陋／搜扬仄陋
* 搜揚側陋／搜扬侧陋
* 搜救 (sōujiù)
* 搜查 (sōuchá)
* 搜根剔齒／搜根剔齿
* 搜根問底／搜根问底
* 搜根究底
* 搜檢／搜检
* 搜求
* 搜牢
* 搜神記／搜神记
* 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
* 搜索半徑／搜索半径
* 搜索枯腸／搜索枯肠 (sōusuǒkūcháng)
* 搜索票
* 搜索隊／搜索队
* 搜羅／搜罗 (sōuluó)
* 搜聚
* 搜討／搜讨
* 搜購／搜购
* 搜身 (sōushēn)
* 搜閱／搜阅
* 搜集 (sōují)
* 搜章擿句
* 搊搜／𫼝搜
* 摳搜／抠搜 (kōusou)
* 摟搜／搂搜
* 網路搜尋／网路搜寻
* 陡搜
* 雷達搜索／雷达搜索

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiau / chhiâu
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau
*** Tâi-lô: tshiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiaw
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâu
*** Tâi-lô: tshiâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiaau
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau²³/

#### Definitions

搜
* (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:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* “搜”, 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–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 捜 |
| Kyūjitai | 搜 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 捜)
* Kyūjitai form of 捜

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)、しゅう (shū)
* Kun: さがす (sagasu, 搜す)、さぐる (saguru, 搜る)

## Korean
### Hanja

搜 • (su) (hangeul 수)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

搜: Hán Nôm readings: sưu, xâu
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#### References

* Nom Foundation