覓

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See also: 觅
覓 U+8993, 覓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8993
← 覒
[U+8992] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 覔 →
[U+8994]

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]

Characters in the same phonetic series (覓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
覓 *meːɡ
漞 *meːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 見 (“to see”).

Etymology 1[edit]

trad. 覓
simp. 觅
alternative forms 覔／觅

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • be̍k/bia̍k - literary;
  • ba̍h/bā/bāi - vernacular.
Rime
Character 覓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 青 (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 莫狄切
Baxter mek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mek̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mek̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mɛjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/mek̚/
Wang
Li 		/miek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/miek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mik6
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

  1. to search for; to seek; to hunt for
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”) [map]
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]

trad. 覓
simp. 觅
alternative forms 𥌚
覔／觅

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

覓

  1. (Hokkien) to see; to examine
  2. (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”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 一下
Mandarin Taiwan 一下, 看看
Malaysia 一下
Singapore 一下
Cantonese Guangzhou 下
Hong Kong 下
Macau 下
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 下
Singapore (Guangfu) 下
Southern Min Xiamen 看覓
Quanzhou 看覓
Zhangzhou 看覓
Taipei 看覓
Kaohsiung 看覓
Penang (Hokkien) 看覓
Singapore (Hokkien) 看覓, 一下
Manila (Hokkien) 覓, 看覓, 一下
Chaozhou 睇, 下睇
Shantou 一下
Singapore (Teochew) 睇
Wu Shanghai 看, 一記, 一下 often with non-monosyllabic verbs
Suzhou 看, 一下
Ningbo 看

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

trad. 覓
simp. 觅

Pronunciation[edit]

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
Particularly: “Hainanese”

Definitions[edit]

覓

  1. (Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to look for; to seek
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”) [map]
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]

trad. 覓
simp. 觅

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

覓

  1. (Teochew) Alternative form of 揣 (“to look for; to seek”)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

覓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[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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