懂中文 Dong Chinese

搜

sōu

search

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound. Originally written as 叟.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

叟 sound component

叟  Sound component

sǒu

  

old man

Evolution

搜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
搜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

搜  

sōu

search, seek; investigate; to search

Most common words with 搜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

搜索

to search (a place)

搜

to search

搜查

to search

搜寻

to search

搜集

to gather