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Kanji Detail for 搜 - "search, investigate"

搜

  • Meaning

    搜 means "search, investigate." Also associated with explore.

    1. Search - To look for; to seek.

    2. Investigate - To examine carefully.

    3. Explore - To investigate thoroughly.

  • Tattoo check: 搜

    • Verified meaning: search, investigate
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: explore

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    search; seek; investigate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    search, seek; investigate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to search; variant of 蒐|搜[sou1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to seek, to search, to investigate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To search. Such as 搜羅, 搜檢. | Officials' extortion is 搜刮, also meaning thorough searching. Also, to ponder. Such as 搜索枯腸.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shu(シュ) シュ

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    saga.su(さが-す) さが-す

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    search investigate explore seek look for comb delve examine ferret hunt inquire probe pursue rummage scour scout scrutinize trace track

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