Read Edit View history 搜 sōu HSK5 search Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound. Originally written as 叟. Pinyin Separate values with commas sōu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 搜 Simp strokes 搜 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 搜 Simp strokes 搜 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 搜 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 127, 528 ], [ 184, 527 ], [ 345, 572 ], [ 392, 572 ] ], [ [ 264, 815 ], [ 289, 798 ], [ 309, 771 ], [ 297, 433 ], [ 300, 134 ], [ 278, 75 ], [ 252, 82 ], [ 169, 123 ] ], [ [ 58, 228 ], [ 99, 224 ], [ 228, 326 ], [ 383, 437 ] ], [ [ 527, 712 ], [ 540, 684 ], [ 481, 625 ], [ 474, 611 ] ], [ [ 420, 617 ], [ 450, 589 ], [ 492, 390 ] ], [ [ 496, 516 ], [ 503, 529 ], [ 517, 535 ], [ 574, 539 ] ], [ [ 701, 676 ], [ 736, 673 ], [ 830, 687 ], [ 842, 679 ], [ 857, 650 ], [ 800, 479 ], [ 779, 442 ], [ 762, 445 ] ], [ [ 688, 566 ], [ 781, 577 ], [ 801, 591 ] ], [ [ 510, 411 ], [ 529, 421 ], [ 758, 464 ] ], [ [ 593, 831 ], [ 638, 795 ], [ 640, 769 ], [ 630, 379 ], [ 613, 353 ] ], [ [ 501, 320 ], [ 553, 319 ], [ 694, 348 ], [ 714, 338 ], [ 727, 316 ], [ 711, 260 ], [ 685, 202 ], [ 625, 128 ], [ 588, 103 ], [ 537, 80 ], [ 473, 60 ], [ 397, 50 ] ], [ [ 495, 267 ], [ 532, 250 ], [ 677, 96 ], [ 774, 26 ], [ 804, 14 ], [ 934, 3 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 323 538 Q 395 562 397 563 Q 406 572 400 580 Q 393 592 362 597 Q 343 600 325 595 L 278 576 Q 202 551 135 539 Q 98 530 126 515 Q 169 497 246 517 Q 259 521 277 525 L 323 538 Z", "M 274 336 Q 273 252 271 148 Q 270 126 257 116 Q 250 110 192 123 Q 161 135 163 125 Q 164 118 183 103 Q 240 55 254 29 Q 270 -2 284 -4 Q 297 -5 312 28 Q 330 71 329 143 Q 322 258 321 374 L 321 406 Q 320 473 323 538 L 325 595 Q 325 703 345 767 Q 361 795 308 817 Q 277 835 257 829 Q 241 822 256 800 Q 275 775 277 742 Q 278 724 278 576 L 277 525 Q 276 461 274 377 L 274 336 Z", "M 274 377 Q 82 256 65 246 Q 46 246 42 229 Q 41 220 56 207 Q 75 194 97 186 Q 113 183 122 195 Q 165 246 274 336 L 321 374 Q 387 431 389 432 Q 395 445 384 444 Q 362 438 321 406 L 274 377 Z", "M 474 604 Q 492 616 541 649 Q 554 662 573 670 Q 589 677 580 691 Q 570 704 550 714 Q 531 724 522 722 Q 512 721 516 711 Q 520 690 484 647 Q 472 634 460 616 C 443 591 449 587 474 604 Z", "M 504 430 Q 503 440 501 451 Q 494 482 490 508 L 485 536 Q 476 582 476 596 Q 475 600 474 604 C 472 612 472 612 460 616 Q 450 620 426 624 Q 416 627 412 622 Q 408 616 415 602 Q 443 541 461 440 Q 464 410 481 390 Q 497 371 502 385 Q 503 394 505 404 L 504 430 Z", "M 490 508 Q 536 521 571 529 Q 592 536 582 546 Q 570 556 548 557 Q 506 557 485 536 C 463 515 461 500 490 508 Z", "M 752 441 Q 753 440 754 438 Q 770 401 797 424 Q 810 436 828 478 Q 861 601 891 631 Q 907 647 895 664 Q 880 683 852 705 Q 837 714 821 710 Q 769 692 707 686 Q 686 685 690 675 Q 694 665 710 658 Q 728 654 784 668 Q 808 672 816 667 Q 823 660 816 633 Q 810 615 805 596 L 795 560 Q 773 479 764 470 C 750 445 750 445 752 441 Z", "M 805 596 Q 784 600 687 575 Q 672 572 690 558 Q 696 554 709 554 Q 755 558 795 560 C 825 562 835 593 805 596 Z", "M 651 426 Q 705 436 752 441 C 782 444 792 458 764 470 Q 752 482 652 460 L 612 451 Q 555 441 504 430 C 475 424 475 405 505 404 Q 514 403 528 405 Q 571 414 611 420 L 651 426 Z", "M 648 357 Q 649 393 651 426 L 652 460 Q 661 737 678 798 Q 681 810 662 825 Q 628 843 604 847 Q 588 850 580 841 Q 573 834 581 819 Q 609 779 609 751 Q 616 610 612 451 L 611 420 Q 610 384 608 345 C 607 315 647 327 648 357 Z", "M 668 137 Q 710 179 740 259 Q 750 292 771 307 Q 787 320 772 336 Q 753 354 722 370 Q 703 379 680 370 Q 664 363 648 357 L 608 345 Q 571 338 531 334 Q 504 333 493 326 Q 484 320 502 310 Q 527 295 565 306 Q 619 316 671 325 Q 687 331 688 311 Q 688 242 632 171 L 606 143 Q 537 92 398 57 Q 382 56 391 46 Q 398 39 426 40 Q 570 53 636 106 L 668 137 Z", "M 636 106 Q 751 -24 805 -26 Q 806 -26 918 -9 Q 931 -8 943 -2 Q 950 5 938 13 Q 923 20 810 53 Q 744 74 668 137 L 632 171 Q 595 205 557 249 Q 538 271 507 276 Q 497 277 487 271 Q 483 264 492 258 Q 499 252 506 248 Q 527 239 606 143 L 636 106 Z" ] } 12 strokes 搜 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 127, 528 ], [ 184, 527 ], [ 345, 572 ], [ 392, 572 ] ], [ [ 264, 815 ], [ 289, 798 ], [ 309, 771 ], [ 297, 433 ], [ 300, 134 ], [ 278, 75 ], [ 252, 82 ], [ 169, 123 ] ], [ [ 58, 228 ], [ 99, 224 ], [ 228, 326 ], [ 383, 437 ] ], [ [ 527, 712 ], [ 540, 684 ], [ 481, 625 ], [ 474, 611 ] ], [ [ 420, 617 ], [ 450, 589 ], [ 492, 390 ] ], [ [ 496, 516 ], [ 503, 529 ], [ 517, 535 ], [ 574, 539 ] ], [ [ 701, 676 ], [ 736, 673 ], [ 830, 687 ], [ 842, 679 ], [ 857, 650 ], [ 800, 479 ], [ 779, 442 ], [ 762, 445 ] ], [ [ 688, 566 ], [ 781, 577 ], [ 801, 591 ] ], [ [ 510, 411 ], [ 529, 421 ], [ 758, 464 ] ], [ [ 593, 831 ], [ 638, 795 ], [ 640, 769 ], [ 630, 379 ], [ 613, 353 ] ], [ [ 501, 320 ], [ 553, 319 ], [ 694, 348 ], [ 714, 338 ], [ 727, 316 ], [ 711, 260 ], [ 685, 202 ], [ 625, 128 ], [ 588, 103 ], [ 537, 80 ], [ 473, 60 ], [ 397, 50 ] ], [ [ 495, 267 ], [ 532, 250 ], [ 677, 96 ], [ 774, 26 ], [ 804, 14 ], [ 934, 3 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 323 538 Q 395 562 397 563 Q 406 572 400 580 Q 393 592 362 597 Q 343 600 325 595 L 278 576 Q 202 551 135 539 Q 98 530 126 515 Q 169 497 246 517 Q 259 521 277 525 L 323 538 Z", "M 274 336 Q 273 252 271 148 Q 270 126 257 116 Q 250 110 192 123 Q 161 135 163 125 Q 164 118 183 103 Q 240 55 254 29 Q 270 -2 284 -4 Q 297 -5 312 28 Q 330 71 329 143 Q 322 258 321 374 L 321 406 Q 320 473 323 538 L 325 595 Q 325 703 345 767 Q 361 795 308 817 Q 277 835 257 829 Q 241 822 256 800 Q 275 775 277 742 Q 278 724 278 576 L 277 525 Q 276 461 274 377 L 274 336 Z", "M 274 377 Q 82 256 65 246 Q 46 246 42 229 Q 41 220 56 207 Q 75 194 97 186 Q 113 183 122 195 Q 165 246 274 336 L 321 374 Q 387 431 389 432 Q 395 445 384 444 Q 362 438 321 406 L 274 377 Z", "M 474 604 Q 492 616 541 649 Q 554 662 573 670 Q 589 677 580 691 Q 570 704 550 714 Q 531 724 522 722 Q 512 721 516 711 Q 520 690 484 647 Q 472 634 460 616 C 443 591 449 587 474 604 Z", "M 504 430 Q 503 440 501 451 Q 494 482 490 508 L 485 536 Q 476 582 476 596 Q 475 600 474 604 C 472 612 472 612 460 616 Q 450 620 426 624 Q 416 627 412 622 Q 408 616 415 602 Q 443 541 461 440 Q 464 410 481 390 Q 497 371 502 385 Q 503 394 505 404 L 504 430 Z", "M 490 508 Q 536 521 571 529 Q 592 536 582 546 Q 570 556 548 557 Q 506 557 485 536 C 463 515 461 500 490 508 Z", "M 752 441 Q 753 440 754 438 Q 770 401 797 424 Q 810 436 828 478 Q 861 601 891 631 Q 907 647 895 664 Q 880 683 852 705 Q 837 714 821 710 Q 769 692 707 686 Q 686 685 690 675 Q 694 665 710 658 Q 728 654 784 668 Q 808 672 816 667 Q 823 660 816 633 Q 810 615 805 596 L 795 560 Q 773 479 764 470 C 750 445 750 445 752 441 Z", "M 805 596 Q 784 600 687 575 Q 672 572 690 558 Q 696 554 709 554 Q 755 558 795 560 C 825 562 835 593 805 596 Z", "M 651 426 Q 705 436 752 441 C 782 444 792 458 764 470 Q 752 482 652 460 L 612 451 Q 555 441 504 430 C 475 424 475 405 505 404 Q 514 403 528 405 Q 571 414 611 420 L 651 426 Z", "M 648 357 Q 649 393 651 426 L 652 460 Q 661 737 678 798 Q 681 810 662 825 Q 628 843 604 847 Q 588 850 580 841 Q 573 834 581 819 Q 609 779 609 751 Q 616 610 612 451 L 611 420 Q 610 384 608 345 C 607 315 647 327 648 357 Z", "M 668 137 Q 710 179 740 259 Q 750 292 771 307 Q 787 320 772 336 Q 753 354 722 370 Q 703 379 680 370 Q 664 363 648 357 L 608 345 Q 571 338 531 334 Q 504 333 493 326 Q 484 320 502 310 Q 527 295 565 306 Q 619 316 671 325 Q 687 331 688 311 Q 688 242 632 171 L 606 143 Q 537 92 398 57 Q 382 56 391 46 Q 398 39 426 40 Q 570 53 636 106 L 668 137 Z", "M 636 106 Q 751 -24 805 -26 Q 806 -26 918 -9 Q 931 -8 943 -2 Q 950 5 938 13 Q 923 20 810 53 Q 744 74 668 137 L 632 171 Q 595 205 557 249 Q 538 271 507 276 Q 497 277 487 271 Q 483 264 492 258 Q 499 252 506 248 Q 527 239 606 143 L 636 106 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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