觅

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(literary) to seek; to find

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To search for something with eyes 见 and hands 爫

Components 爫见

try to find · Heisig RSH #1900

vulture + 见 see

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫	tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu	to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily
觅食行为	mì shí xíng wéi	foraging
闭门觅句	bì mén mì jù	lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of wr…
另觅新欢	lìng mì xīn huān	to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex); a bit on the side
觅食	mì shí	to forage; to hunt for food; to scavenge; fig. to make a living
觅取	mì qǔ	to seek; to seek out
觅句	mì jù	to search for the right word (of poet)
骑驴觅驴	qí lǘ mì lǘ	see 騎驢找驢\|骑驴找驴[qi2 lu:2 zhao3 lu:2]
寻觅	xún mì	to look for