搜

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to search; variant of 蒐|搜[sou1]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 叟 sound ( sǒu )

Components 扌叟

search · Heisig RSH #2966

fingers + cake mixer

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
全文搜索	quán wén sōu suǒ	full-text search
人肉搜索	rén ròu sōu suǒ	to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting i…
上热搜	shàng rè sōu	(Internet) (of a search query) to be trending
搜神记	Sōu shén Jì	In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supe…
搜索树	sōu suǒ shù	(computing) search tree
搜罗	sōu luó	to gather; to collect; to bring together
搜索票	sōu suǒ piào	search warrant (Tw)
情搜	qíng sōu	intelligence gathering
搜查令	sōu chá lìng	search warrant
搜身	sōu shēn	to do a body search; to frisk
搜索队	sōu suǒ duì	search party
热搜	rè sōu	(Internet) popular search query
肉搜	ròu sōu	(Tw) abbr. for 人肉搜索\|人肉搜索[ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3]
搜集	sōu jí	to gather; to collect
搜证	sōu zhèng	to gather evidence (in a criminal case)
人肉搜索引擎	rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng	(neologism, attested by 2003) human flesh search engine; crowdsourced online search for in…
搜查	sōu chá	to search
搜索	sōu suǒ	to search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
搜狗	Sōu gǒu	Sogou, Chinese technology company known for its search engine and input method editor
搜求	sōu qiú	to seek; to look for

Characters sharing the sound component 叟 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
叟 sound part	sǒu	old man; elder
瘦	shòu	thin, lean, emaciated; meager
嫂	sǎo	sister-in-law, elder brother's wife
飕	sōu	a chill breeze; to blow; the sound of the wind
嗖	sōu	a whizzing sound
溲	sōu	to urinate; to soak, to drench
螋	sōu	earwig, millipede, spider
鄋	sōu	a county in Shandong province
艘	sōu	measure word for ships or vessels
锼	sōu	to carve