搜

Alternative forms

 * Note that the contains  (7 strokes) while Japanese, Korean , Vietnamese  and mainland China's standardized form  contains  (6 strokes) instead. Both of these forms are encoded under the same code point. This character may appear to be either 搜 or 搜 depending on the fonts available.
 * A exist at   for the alternative Korean form which contains  (7 strokes).

Related characters

 * (Japanese )

Glyph origin
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is the original character, also meaning “to search”, and depicting a hand holding a torch indoors.

Definitions

 * 1)  to collect
 * 2) to seek; to look for
 * 3) to interrogate and check or examine; to search

Synonyms




Definitions

 * 1)  to stir; to churn; to whip; to mix