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sōu
HSK 5freq #3653

Meanings

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sōu
  1. 1.(bound form) to collect; to gather
sōu
  1. 1.to search
  2. 2.variant of 搜[sōu]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to collect
  2. 2.to seek; to look for
  3. 3.to interrogate and check or examine; to search
  4. 4.to stir; to churn; to whip; to mix

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sru): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ). 叟 is the original character, also meaning “to search”, and depicting a hand holding a torch indoors. Compare perhaps Burmese ရှာ (hra, “to look for”), ရှု (hru., “to look at”); the former is a stronger semantic match, the latter a stronger phonetic match (Luce 1981).

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