找

zhǎo

to try to find

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

hand (扌) + halberd (戈) = sweep the area to find something

A soldier sweeps a halberd through the grass, hand probing every corner — searching. The hand acts; the weapon sweeps the search space.

扌+戈→找
戈HalberdSemantic
扌HandSemantic

我在找我的钥匙,你看到了吗?

wǒ zài zhǎo wǒ de yào shi,nǐ kàn dào le ma?

I am looking for my keys, have you seen them?

他到处找工作,但还没有找到合适的。

tā dào chù zhǎo gōng zuò,dàn hái méi yǒu zhǎo dào hé shì de。

He has been looking for work everywhere, but has not yet found a suitable one.

Words with 找

寻找

xún zhǎo

to seek; to look for

自找麻烦

zì zhǎo má fan

to ask for trouble

找回

zhǎo huí

to retrieve

骑马找马

qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ

(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one

骑驴找马

qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ

(idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while actively looking for a better one

骑驴找驴

qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ

lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)

不用找

bù yòng zhǎo

"keep the change" (restaurant expression)

找到

zhǎo dào

to find

自找

zì zhǎo

to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions

自找苦吃

zì zhǎo kǔ chī

to bring trouble on oneself

找出

zhǎo chū

to find

找不自在

zhǎo bù zì zai

to ask for trouble

More characters with 扌

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