找
HSK 1freq #152
Meanings
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- 1.to try to find
- 2.to look for
- 3.to call on sb
- 4.to find
- 5.to seek
- 6.to return
- 7.to give change
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Wiktionary
- 1.to look for; to seek
- 2.to ask for somebody; to call on somebody
- 3.to give change
- 4.to make up (a deficiency)
- 5.to look for; to search for (a job, a partner, etc.)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsruːʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl). Originally a variant form of 划. Borrowed to mean a similar action. The popular interpretation as a hand (扌) looking for a halberd (戈) is a mnemonic and not the origin of the character. Attested since the Ming dynasty. From 抓 (MC tsraewX) (Zhengzhang, 2003).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我在找你。
I'm looking for you.
我们在找他。
We're looking for him.
我在找工作。
I'm job hunting.
我在找工作。
I'm looking for work.
我在找工作。
I'm looking for a job.
我找不到刀。
I can't find the knife.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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