Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

592 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: search, look for, locate

Kunyomi: さが.す

Onyomi: ソウ シュ シュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

家宅査(かたくそうさ)   household search

査する(そうさする)   investigate (a criminal case)

索する(そうさくする)   search (for a criminal), hunt

す(さがす)   search, seek, look for

し物(さがしもの)   object being sought

Onyomi Examples

ソウサク search (esp. for someone or something missing), manhunt, legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

ソウサ search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry

トクソウ special investigation

ハクソウ searching far and wide

Kunyomi Examples

探す さがす to search for, to look for, to hunt for, to seek, to search (a house, pocket, etc.), to search through, to rummage in (e.g. a drawer), to fish around