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搜

Traditional: 蒐

sōu

HSK 3.0 · 5

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sōu · sau2 (Jyutping)

  1. to search
  2. variant of 蒐|搜[sou1]
  3. (bound form) to collect; to gather

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

搜

Meaning
search, seek; investigate
Radical
扌
Strokes
12
Components
⿰扌叟
Cangjie
QHXE
Four-corner
5704.7

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

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