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捜 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ソウ・シュそう・しゅ · sō · shu
Kun
さが(す)saga(su)
Meaning
search for

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 叜 "searching a house": to search by hand — to look for.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō捜索そうさく捜査そうさ
Kunさがすsagasu捜すさがす

Compare: 探す

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 捜すさがす

    to search for

  • 捜査そうさ

    investigation

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

警察(けいさつ)が行方(ゆくえ)不明(ふめい)の人(ひと)を捜(さが)している。

The police are searching for the missing person.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

捜査捜査to inv…扶aid把grasp抄extrac…抹erase拙clumsy壮robust枢pivot荘villa挿insert珠pearl
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ソウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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