捜 – search, look for, locate

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#592 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 捜 means search, look for, locate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ、シュ、シュウ (sou, shu, shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さが.す (sagasu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
On’yomi	シュ	shu
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	さが.す	sagasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: ｜・日・又・扎・田.

Words using 捜

捜査そうさsearch (esp. in criminal investigations)捜すさがすto search for捜索そうさくsearch (esp. for someone or something missing)

Example sentences

警察は事件の捜査をした。

The police looked into that incident.

Tatoeba #176173

警察は行方不明の少年を捜した。

The police searched for the lost boy.

Tatoeba #176188

鍵を求めて机の中を捜した。

I searched the drawer for the key.

Tatoeba #175060

Kanji with the same radical

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