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捜

Search
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingさが.す
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 25

Meanings

  1. searchRtK
  2. look for
    彼は逃げるためにありとあらゆる手段を捜した。He looked for every possible means of escape.tatoeba
    彼は息子を捜して町中を歩き回った。He walked the streets looking for his son.tatoeba
  3. locate
  1. search (esp. in criminal investigations)
  2. investigation
  3. inquiry
  4. enquiry

Popular Usage

捜す

Radicals and components

Radical手hand扌variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · Buddha’s hand · monkey · sun (日) · day (日) · stick (丨) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1201

Compound words

捜査そうさ
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
捜索そうさく
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
特捜とくそう
special investigation
捜査官そうさかん
(police) investigator
人捜しひとさがし
searching for someone
粗捜しあらさがし
finding fault (with)
枕捜しまくらさがし
bedroom theft or thief
囮捜査おとりそうさ
sting operation
あら捜しあらさがし
finding fault (with)
家宅捜査かたくそうさ
house search (e.g. by the police)
家宅捜索かたくそうさく
house search (e.g. by the police)
捜査当局そうさとうきょく
investigating authorities
捜査本部そうさほんぶ
(criminal) investigation headquarters
囮捜査官おとりそうさかん
undercover investigator
捜し求めるさがしもとめる
to search for
捜し当てるさがしあてる
to find (after searching everywhere)
捜しもとめるさがしもとめる
to search for

Additional Examples

彼は自動車のキーを見つけようと鞄の中を捜した。
He searched his bag for his car key.tatoeba
彼は行方不明の母の捜索に着手した。
He set out to find his lost mother.tatoeba
義経を捜すための軍が吉野山に差し向けられる。
The army to hunt for Yoshitsune was sent to Mt. Yoshino.wiki
鳥羽上皇は事件の下手人を捜すよう公卿会議に命じた。
The retired Emperor Toba ordered the conference of kugyo (court nobles) to search for the murderer.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Search. 扌 (hand) + 叟 (an old man with a torch) — feeling around in the dark by torchlight.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 捜

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step