Translingual [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
覓 (Kangxi radical 147, 見 +4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月月山山 (BBUU ), four-corner 20216 , composition ⿱爫 見 )
Derived characters [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1134 , character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34815
Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3665, character 15
Unihan data for U+8993
Chinese [ edit ]
Glyph origin [ edit ]
Old Chinese
覓
*meːɡ
漞
*meːɡ
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ) : 爪 ( “ hand ” ) + 見 ( “ to see ” ) .
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Note :
be̍k/bia̍k - literary;
ba̍h/bā - vernacular.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
覓
Reading #
1/1
No.
9026
Phonetic component
覓
Rime group
錫
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
覓
Old Chinese
/*meːɡ/
Notes
集 韻 同 覛
Definitions [ edit ]
覓
to search for; to seek ; to hunt out for; to look into ; to look out for; to investigate ; to explore ; to inquire into ; to research
Usage notes [ edit ]
The Hokkien term is usually used for searching or making inquiries about what is not known, meanwhile Hokkien 揣 ( chhē / chhōe / chhēr / chhěr , “ to look for; to seek ” ) is used to look for something known that is lost, as per Douglas (1873).
Synonyms [ edit ]
參訪 / 参访 ( cānfǎng ) ( literary ) 尋摸 / 寻摸 ( xúnmō ) ( literary or colloquial ) 尋求 / 寻求 ( xúnqiú ) 探求 ( tànqiú ) 搜 ( sōu ) 求 ( qiú ) 求思 ( qiúsī ) ( literary ) 熱衷 / 热衷 ( rèzhōng ) 牟取 ( móuqǔ ) ( usually illegally ) 獵取 / 猎取 ( lièqǔ ) 考究 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 )
Dialectal synonyms of
找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
求 , 尋 , 覓1
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
找 , 尋找 , 尋覓
Mandarin
Beijing
找
Taiwan
找
Tianjin
找
Chengde
找
Tangshan
找
Cangzhou
找
Baoding
找
Shijiazhuang
找
Chifeng
找
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
找
Heihe
找
Qiqihar
找
Harbin
找
Jiamusi
找
Baicheng
找
Changchun
找
Tonghua
找
Shenyang
找
Dandong
找
Jinzhou
找
Dalian
找
Yantai
找
Yantai (Muping)
找
Qingdao
找
Lijin
找
Zhucheng
找
Jinan
找
Jining
找
Luoyang
尋 , 找
Wanrong
尋
Shangqiu
找 , 尋
Yuanyang
尋
Zhengzhou
找
Lingbao
尋
Xinyang
找
Baihe
找
Hanzhong
找
Xi'an
尋 , 找
Baoji
找 , 尋
Yinchuan
找
Tianshui
找 , 尋
Lanzhou
找
Dunhuang
找
Xining
尋
Hami
找
Ürümqi
找
Wuhan
找 , 尋
Yichang
找
Xiangyang
找
Tianmen
找 , 尋
Hong'an
找
Chengdu
找
Nanchong
找
Dazhou
找
Hanyuan
找
Xichang
找
Zigong
找
Chongqing
找
Guiyang
找
Zunyi
找
Bijie
找
Liping
找
Zhaotong
找
Dali
找
Kunming
找
Mengzi
尾
Guilin
找
Liuzhou
找
Changde
找
Anqing
找
Xuzhou
找
Fuyang
找
Wuhu
找
Yangzhou
找
Lianyungang
找
Lianshui
找
Nanjing
找
Hefei
找
Nantong
找
Malaysia
找
Singapore
找
Cantonese
Guangzhou
搵2
Hong Kong
搵2
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
搵2
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
尋
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
搵2
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
搵2
Macau
搵2
Guangzhou (Panyu)
搵2
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
搵2
Guangzhou (Conghua)
搵2
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
搵2
Foshan
搵2
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
搵2
Foshan (Shunde)
搵2
Foshan (Sanshui)
搵2
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
搵2
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
搵2
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
搵2
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
搵2
Zhuhai (Doumen)
搵2
Jiangmen (Baisha)
搵2
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
搵2
Taishan
搵2 , 搵3
Kaiping (Chikan)
搵2 , 搵3
Enping (Niujiang)
搵2
Heshan (Yayao)
搵2
Dongguan
搵2
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
尋 , 搵2
Qingyuan
搵2
Fogang
搵2
Yingde (Hanguang)
搵2
Yangshan
搵2
Shaoguan
搵2
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
搵2
Renhua
搵2
Lechang
搵2
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
搵2
Sihui
搵2
Guangning
搵2
Deqing
搵2
Huaiji
搵2
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
搵2
Yunfu
搵2
Xinxing
搵2
Luoding
搵2
Yunan (Pingtai)
搵2
Yangjiang
搵2
Xinyi
搵2
Lianjiang
搵2
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
尋
Nanning
搵2
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
搵2
Penang (Guangfu)
搵2
Singapore (Guangfu)
搵2
Gan
Nanchang
尋 , 找
Lichuan
尋
Pingxiang
尋
Hakka
Meixian
尋
Xingning
尋
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
尋
Huidong (Daling)
尋
Dongguan (Qingxi)
尋
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
尋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
搵2
Heyuan (Bendihua)
尋
Zijin
尋
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
尋
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
尋
Liannan
尋
Conghua (Lütian)
尋
Jiexi
尋
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
尋
Changting
尋
Wuping
尋
Wuping (Yanqian)
尋
Wuping (Pingyu)
尋
Liancheng
尋
Ninghua
尋
Yudu
尋
Ningdu
尋
Ruijin
尋
Shicheng
尋
Shangyou (Shexi)
尋
Tonggu (Sandu)
尋
Ganzhou (Panlong)
尋
Dayu
尋
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
尋
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
尋
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
尋
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
尋
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
尋
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
尋
Hong Kong
尋
Yangxi (Tangkou)
搵2 , 跟
Yangchun (Sanjia)
搵2
Xinyi (Sihe)
跟
Xinyi (Qianpai)
跟
Gaozhou (Xindong)
跟
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
跟
Huazhou (Xin'an)
跟
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
跟
Lianjiang (Qingping)
跟
Mengshan (Xihe)
尋
Luchuan
尋
Senai (Huiyang)
尋
Huizhou
Jixi
尋
Shexian
尋
Jin
Taiyuan
尋 , 找
Yangyuan
找 , 尋
Datong
尋
Xinzhou
尋
Lishi
尋
Linfen
尋
Changzhi
找 , 尋
Linhe
找 , 尋
Jining
找
Hohhot
找 , 尋
Erenhot
找
Pingshan
找
Zhangjiakou
找
Handan
找
Linzhou
找
Suide
尋
Northern Min
Jian'ou
撈
Songxi
撈
Zhenghe
撈
Jianyang
撈
Wuyishan
撈
Pucheng (Shibei)
撈
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
討 , 尋
Changle
討
Fuqing
討
Yongtai
討
Gutian
討 , 撈
Pingnan
撈
Fu'an
揣
Ningde
尋
Xiapu
揣
Zherong
揣
Shouning
撈
Zhouning
揣
Fuding
揣
Matsu
討
Singapore (Fuqing)
討
Southern Min
Xiamen
揣 , 覓1
Xiamen (Tong'an)
揣
Quanzhou
揣 , 覓1
Jinjiang
揣
Shishi
揣
Yongchun
揣
Zhangzhou
揣 , 覓1
Zhao'an
揣
Taipei
揣
New Taipei (Sanxia)
揣
Kaohsiung
揣
Yilan
揣
Changhua (Lukang)
揣
Taichung
揣
Tainan
揣
Hsinchu
揣
Kinmen
揣
Penghu (Magong)
揣
Penang (Hokkien)
揣
Singapore (Hokkien)
揣
Manila (Hokkien)
揣
Longyan
揣
Datian
揣
Chaozhou
揣
Shantou
揣
Shantou (Chenghai)
揣
Shantou (Chaoyang)
揣
Jieyang
揣
Haifeng
揣
Bangkok (Teochew)
揣
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
揣
Singapore (Teochew)
揣
Leizhou
覓3
Wenchang
覓3 , 揣
Haikou
覓3
Singapore (Hainanese)
覓3
Puxian Min
Putian
揣
Central Min
Yong'an
撈
Sanyuan
撈
Shaxian
撈
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
搵2
Sanxiang
搵2
Wu
Shanghai
尋
Shanghai (Chongming)
尋
Suzhou
尋
Danyang
尋
Hangzhou
尋
Ningbo
尋
Wenzhou
尋
Jinhua
尋
Xiang
Changsha
尋
Loudi
尋
Shuangfeng
尋
Compounds [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Definitions [ edit ]
覓
( Hokkien ) to inspect ; to probe ; to see ; to examine face-to-face ; to visit and inquire about
( Hokkien ) give something a go ; give something a try ( used after a verb )
食 覓 / 食 觅 [Philippine Hokkien ] ― chia̍h bāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] ― to give it a taste
試 覓 / 试 觅 [Philippine Hokkien ] ― chhì bāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] ― to give it a try
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
一下 (“give something a go; give something a try”)
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Compounds [ edit ]
Etymology 3 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Hainanese”
Definitions [ edit ]
覓
( Hainanese , Leizhou Min ) to look for ; to seek
Synonyms [ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of
找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
求 , 尋 , 覓1
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
找 , 尋找 , 尋覓
Mandarin
Beijing
找
Taiwan
找
Tianjin
找
Chengde
找
Tangshan
找
Cangzhou
找
Baoding
找
Shijiazhuang
找
Chifeng
找
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
找
Heihe
找
Qiqihar
找
Harbin
找
Jiamusi
找
Baicheng
找
Changchun
找
Tonghua
找
Shenyang
找
Dandong
找
Jinzhou
找
Dalian
找
Yantai
找
Yantai (Muping)
找
Qingdao
找
Lijin
找
Zhucheng
找
Jinan
找
Jining
找
Luoyang
尋 , 找
Wanrong
尋
Shangqiu
找 , 尋
Yuanyang
尋
Zhengzhou
找
Lingbao
尋
Xinyang
找
Baihe
找
Hanzhong
找
Xi'an
尋 , 找
Baoji
找 , 尋
Yinchuan
找
Tianshui
找 , 尋
Lanzhou
找
Dunhuang
找
Xining
尋
Hami
找
Ürümqi
找
Wuhan
找 , 尋
Yichang
找
Xiangyang
找
Tianmen
找 , 尋
Hong'an
找
Chengdu
找
Nanchong
找
Dazhou
找
Hanyuan
找
Xichang
找
Zigong
找
Chongqing
找
Guiyang
找
Zunyi
找
Bijie
找
Liping
找
Zhaotong
找
Dali
找
Kunming
找
Mengzi
尾
Guilin
找
Liuzhou
找
Changde
找
Anqing
找
Xuzhou
找
Fuyang
找
Wuhu
找
Yangzhou
找
Lianyungang
找
Lianshui
找
Nanjing
找
Hefei
找
Nantong
找
Malaysia
找
Singapore
找
Cantonese
Guangzhou
搵2
Hong Kong
搵2
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
搵2
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
尋
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
搵2
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
搵2
Macau
搵2
Guangzhou (Panyu)
搵2
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
搵2
Guangzhou (Conghua)
搵2
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
搵2
Foshan
搵2
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
搵2
Foshan (Shunde)
搵2
Foshan (Sanshui)
搵2
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
搵2
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
搵2
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
搵2
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
搵2
Zhuhai (Doumen)
搵2
Jiangmen (Baisha)
搵2
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
搵2
Taishan
搵2 , 搵3
Kaiping (Chikan)
搵2 , 搵3
Enping (Niujiang)
搵2
Heshan (Yayao)
搵2
Dongguan
搵2
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
尋 , 搵2
Qingyuan
搵2
Fogang
搵2
Yingde (Hanguang)
搵2
Yangshan
搵2
Shaoguan
搵2
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
搵2
Renhua
搵2
Lechang
搵2
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
搵2
Sihui
搵2
Guangning
搵2
Deqing
搵2
Huaiji
搵2
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
搵2
Yunfu
搵2
Xinxing
搵2
Luoding
搵2
Yunan (Pingtai)
搵2
Yangjiang
搵2
Xinyi
搵2
Lianjiang
搵2
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
尋
Nanning
搵2
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
搵2
Penang (Guangfu)
搵2
Singapore (Guangfu)
搵2
Gan
Nanchang
尋 , 找
Lichuan
尋
Pingxiang
尋
Hakka
Meixian
尋
Xingning
尋
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
尋
Huidong (Daling)
尋
Dongguan (Qingxi)
尋
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
尋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
搵2
Heyuan (Bendihua)
尋
Zijin
尋
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
尋
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
尋
Liannan
尋
Conghua (Lütian)
尋
Jiexi
尋
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
尋
Changting
尋
Wuping
尋
Wuping (Yanqian)
尋
Wuping (Pingyu)
尋
Liancheng
尋
Ninghua
尋
Yudu
尋
Ningdu
尋
Ruijin
尋
Shicheng
尋
Shangyou (Shexi)
尋
Tonggu (Sandu)
尋
Ganzhou (Panlong)
尋
Dayu
尋
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
尋
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
尋
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
尋
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
尋
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
尋
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
尋
Hong Kong
尋
Yangxi (Tangkou)
搵2 , 跟
Yangchun (Sanjia)
搵2
Xinyi (Sihe)
跟
Xinyi (Qianpai)
跟
Gaozhou (Xindong)
跟
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
跟
Huazhou (Xin'an)
跟
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
跟
Lianjiang (Qingping)
跟
Mengshan (Xihe)
尋
Luchuan
尋
Senai (Huiyang)
尋
Huizhou
Jixi
尋
Shexian
尋
Jin
Taiyuan
尋 , 找
Yangyuan
找 , 尋
Datong
尋
Xinzhou
尋
Lishi
尋
Linfen
尋
Changzhi
找 , 尋
Linhe
找 , 尋
Jining
找
Hohhot
找 , 尋
Erenhot
找
Pingshan
找
Zhangjiakou
找
Handan
找
Linzhou
找
Suide
尋
Northern Min
Jian'ou
撈
Songxi
撈
Zhenghe
撈
Jianyang
撈
Wuyishan
撈
Pucheng (Shibei)
撈
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
討 , 尋
Changle
討
Fuqing
討
Yongtai
討
Gutian
討 , 撈
Pingnan
撈
Fu'an
揣
Ningde
尋
Xiapu
揣
Zherong
揣
Shouning
撈
Zhouning
揣
Fuding
揣
Matsu
討
Singapore (Fuqing)
討
Southern Min
Xiamen
揣 , 覓1
Xiamen (Tong'an)
揣
Quanzhou
揣 , 覓1
Jinjiang
揣
Shishi
揣
Yongchun
揣
Zhangzhou
揣 , 覓1
Zhao'an
揣
Taipei
揣
New Taipei (Sanxia)
揣
Kaohsiung
揣
Yilan
揣
Changhua (Lukang)
揣
Taichung
揣
Tainan
揣
Hsinchu
揣
Kinmen
揣
Penghu (Magong)
揣
Penang (Hokkien)
揣
Singapore (Hokkien)
揣
Manila (Hokkien)
揣
Longyan
揣
Datian
揣
Chaozhou
揣
Shantou
揣
Shantou (Chenghai)
揣
Shantou (Chaoyang)
揣
Jieyang
揣
Haifeng
揣
Bangkok (Teochew)
揣
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
揣
Singapore (Teochew)
揣
Leizhou
覓3
Wenchang
覓3 , 揣
Haikou
覓3
Singapore (Hainanese)
覓3
Puxian Min
Putian
揣
Central Min
Yong'an
撈
Sanyuan
撈
Shaxian
撈
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
搵2
Sanxiang
搵2
Wu
Shanghai
尋
Shanghai (Chongming)
尋
Suzhou
尋
Danyang
尋
Hangzhou
尋
Ningbo
尋
Wenzhou
尋
Jinhua
尋
Xiang
Changsha
尋
Loudi
尋
Shuangfeng
尋
Etymology 4 [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Definitions [ edit ]
覓
( Teochew ) Alternative form of 揣 ( “ to look for; to seek ” )
References [ edit ]
Douglas, Carstairs (1873 ) “bā”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy , [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay , Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 8 ; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899 , page 8
Japanese [ edit ]
覓
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji )
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Readings [ edit ]
覓 • (myeok ) (hangeul 멱 , revised myeok, McCune–Reischauer myŏk, Yale myek)
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Vietnamese [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
覓 : Hán Nôm readings: mạch , mích , mịch
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