Chinese Character 搵 Meanings and components.

Form

搵

Meaning

搵 meaning[3] in English

To Look For (Cantonese).

Mandarin Equivalent: 找[Zhao3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 搵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and (𥁕)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QWOT

How to write 搵

To write搵wen4to look … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 𥁕wen1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 𥁕 = 搵

搵 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 搵 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 搵, looks as follow:

搵
Pinyin:wen4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Look For (Cantonese) . Mandarin Equivalent: 找[Zhao3]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
𥁕
Pinyin:wen1 Shape:吕
囚
Pinyin:qiu2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Prisoner
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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