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”) (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

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/

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):

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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

Etymology 2

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

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/

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

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)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	捜
Kyūjitai	搜

Kanji

搜

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 捜)

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