找

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 + phonetic 戈

Originally a variant form of 划. Borrowed to mean a similar action.

The popular interpretation as a hand 扌 looking for an halberd 戈 is a mnemonic and not the etymology of the character.

Han character

找 (radical 64 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手戈 (QI), four-corner 5305₀, composition ⿰扌戈)

1. search, seek, look for
2. find

References

• KangXi: page 419, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11851
• Dae Jaweon: page 766, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1835, character 4
• Unihan data for U+627E

References

• "找 etymology" (in Mandarin/English), YellowBridge. URL accessed on 2014-02-18.

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		找

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎo (zhao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: chao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jao
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaau²
    • Yale: jáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑːu̯³⁵/

Verb

找

1. to look for, to seek

   • 他決定出去找食物。 [MSC, trad.]

     他决定出去找食物。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā juédìng chūqù zhǎo shíwù. [Pinyin]

     He decided to go out to search for food.

   • 你找沒找沙發后面？ [MSC, trad.]

     你找没找沙发后面？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐ zhǎo méi zhǎo shāfā hòumiàn? [Pinyin]

     Have you looked behind the sofa?

2. to ask for somebody, to call on somebody

   • 有人來找我沒有？ [MSC, trad.]

     有人来找我没有？ [MSC, simp.]

     Yǒu rén lái zhǎo wǒ méiyǒu? [Pinyin]

     Did anybody ask for me ?

3. to give change

   這是找你的錢。 [MSC, trad.]

   这是找你的钱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shì zhǎo nǐ de qián. [Pinyin]

   Here is your change.

   不用找了  ―  bù yòng zhǎo le  ―  Keep the change

Compounds

Derived terms

找别扭 找病 找补 找不自在 找碴儿 找岔子 找刺儿 找倒霉 找对象 找借口 找乐子 找麻烦 找没趣儿 找便宜 找平 找婆家 找齐 找钱 找窍门 找事 找死 找台阶儿 找头 找寻 找辙 找主, 找主儿

References

• "找" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-14.
• "Jukuu" (in Mandarin/English), Jukuu. URL accessed on 2014-04-06.

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Japanese

Kanji

找

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: か (ka), げ (ge), そう (sō)
• Kun: さおさす (saosasu), たずねる (tazuneru)

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Korean

Hanja

找 (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

找 (quơ, hoa, chết, trảo)

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