Dong Chinese dictionary

zhǎo

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 戈 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

戈 Sound component

gē

spear

找 and 戈 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Definitions

zhǎo

search, seek, look for; find; to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change

Most common words with 找

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