搜

sōu

(bound form) to collect; to gather

hand (扌) + phonetic (叟) = collect by hand

The hand radical grounds the meaning in physical action — reaching into places to gather things out. 叟 contributes the sound sōu and does not add meaning here.

扌+叟→搜
叟Old manPhonetic
扌HandSemantic

他花了很多时间搜集各种旧书。

tā huā le hěn duō shí jiān sōu jí gè zhǒng jiù shū。

He spent a lot of time collecting all kinds of old books.

这位学者用了几年时间搜罗各地的民间故事。

zhè wèi xué zhě yòng le jǐ nián shí jiān sōu luó gè dì de mín jiān gù shi。

This scholar spent several years gathering folk stories from various places.

Words with 搜

搜狗

sōu gǒu

Sogou, Chinese tech company known for its search engine, www.sogou.com

上热搜

shàng rè sōu

(Internet) (of a search query) to be trending

人肉搜索

rén ròu sōu suǒ

to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing)

人肉搜索引擎

rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng

human flesh search engine

全文搜索

quán wén sōu suǒ

full-text search

情搜

qíng sōu

intelligence gathering

搜刮

sōu guā

to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry

搜寻引擎

sōu xún yǐn qíng

(Tw, HK) search engine

搜捕

sōu bǔ

to hunt and arrest (fugitives)

搜救犬

sōu jiù quǎn

search and rescue dog

搜查

sōu chá

to search

搜查令

sōu chá lìng

search warrant

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