找碴 Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 找 zhǎo search Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 戈 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 戈 戈 Sound component gē spear Change in sound 找 and 戈 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 找 ʔsruːʔ 戈 *kʷˤaj Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsruːʔ Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 碴 chá, chā chipped edge of a container Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 查 represents the sound. Components 石 石 Meaning component shí stone 查 查 Sound component chá investigate Sources Readings & variants Unicode