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觅
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try to find

HSK 10
Human →Actions
mì
ベキ、エキ、ミャク
もと.める
멱
To search for something with eyes 見 and hands 爫
Components
Traditional (覓)
爫 claw (top)+ 見 see =
覓 try to find
爫 Meaning component
zhǎo claw (top)
radical 87
見 Meaning component
see
Simplified (觅)
爫 claw (top)+ 见 observe =
觅 seek
爫 Meaning component
zhǎo claw (top)
radical 87
见 Meaning component
jiàn observe
see, observe, behold
Notes
Similar Characters
乳 breast亂 chaos (trad)受 accept奚 where? what? how? why?妥 appropriate孚 brood寽 handful爭 contend (trad)爯 pick up爰 lead舀 dip虢 name of ancient采 pluck (simp)檃 舜 legendary ruler觅 search (simp)峴 steep (trad)現 present (trad/jp)硯 inkstone (trad)莧 green (trad)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
覓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
觅 / 覓 [mì]
to seek; to find
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
覓 もとむ
Motomu given name
CHINESE WORDS (9)
寻觅 [xún​mì] #12,540
to look for
觅食 [mì​shí] #22,215
to forage
觅取 [mì​qǔ] #64,882
to seek
骑驴觅驴 [qí​lǘ​mì​lǘ] #74,440
see 騎驢找驢|骑驴找驴[qí​lǘ​zhǎo​lǘ]
闭门觅句 [bì​mén​mì​jù] #75,182
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
另觅新欢 [lìng​mì​xīn​huān]
to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex)
觅句 [mì​jù]
to search for the right word (of poet)
觅食行为 [mì​shí​xíng​wéi]
foraging
踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 [tà​pò​tiě​xié​wú​mì​chù​, ​dé​lái​quán​bù​fèi​gōng​fu]
to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily