搜

See also: 捜

搜 U+641C, 搜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-641C ← 搛 [U+641B] CJK Unified Ideographs 搝 → [U+641D]

搜 U+FA8E, 搜 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 5704₇, 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

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”), ရှု (hru., “to look at”); the former is a stronger semantic match, the latter a stronger phonetic match (Luce 1981).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōu (sou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau¹ / sau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lheu²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): so / so͘ / só͘ / chhiau / chhiâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siou¹ / siao¹ / siu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹seu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sou
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau¹ / sau²
    • Yale: sāu / sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ / sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ / seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/, /sɐu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lheu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬeu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/

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

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siou¹ / siao¹ / siu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siou / siau / siu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siou³³/, /siau³³/, /siu³³/

Note:

• siou1 - Shantou;
• siao1 - Jieyang;
• siu1 - Pontianak.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹seu
    • MiniDict: seu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹seu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ⁵³/

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• 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

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):

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• 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

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

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiau / chhiâu

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• 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/

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: 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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 搜

搜

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 捜)

1. Kyūjitai form of 捜

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}、しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• 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