覓

See also: 觅
覓 U+8993, 覓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8993
← 覒
[U+8992]
CJK Unified Ideographs 覔 →
[U+8994]

Translingual

Han character

覓 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月月山山 (BBUU), four-corner 20216, composition ⿱爫見)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1134, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34815
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3665, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+8993

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 見 (“to see”).

Etymology 1

trad. 覓
simp. 觅
alternative forms 覔/觅

Pronunciation


Note:
  • be̍k/bia̍k - literary;
  • ba̍h/bā - vernacular.

Rime
Character 覓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 錫 (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 莫狄切
Baxter mek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mek̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mek̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛjk̚/
Li
Rong
/mek̚/
Wang
Li
/miek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mik6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 覓
Reading # 1/1
No. 9026
Phonetic
component
覓
Rime
group
錫
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
覓
Old
Chinese
/*meːɡ/
Notes 集韻同覛

Definitions

覓

  1. to search for; to seek; to hunt out for; to look into; to look out for; to investigate; to explore; to inquire into; to research

Usage notes

  • The Hokkien term is usually used for searching or making inquiries about what is not known, meanwhile Hokkien 揣 (chhē / chhōe / chhēr / chhěr, “to look for; to seek”) is used to look for something known that is lost, as per Douglas (1873).

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 尋尋覓覓/寻寻觅觅 (xúnxúnmìmì)
  • 尋死覓活/寻死觅活 (xúnsǐmìhuó)
  • 尋覓/寻觅 (xúnmì)
  • 尋蹤覓跡/寻踪觅迹
  • 東尋西覓/东寻西觅
  • 覓保/觅保
  • 覓取/觅取
  • 覓句/觅句
  • 覓封侯/觅封侯
  • 覓愛追歡/觅爱追欢
  • 覓柳尋花/觅柳寻花
  • 覓死尋活/觅死寻活
  • 覓生覓死/觅生觅死
  • 覓索/觅索
  • 覓衣求食/觅衣求食
  • 覓貼兒/觅贴儿
  • 覓食/觅食 (mìshí)
  • 追蹤覓影/追踪觅影
  • 追風覓影/追风觅影
  • 鑽頭覓縫/钻头觅缝
  • 閉門覓句/闭门觅句
  • 騎牛覓牛/骑牛觅牛
  • 騎驢覓驢/骑驴觅驴

References

Etymology 2

trad. 覓
simp. 觅
alternative forms 𥌚
覔/觅

Pronunciation


Definitions

覓

  1. (Hokkien) to inspect; to probe; to see; to examine face-to-face; to visit and inquire about
  2. (Hokkien) give something a go; give something a try (used after a verb)
    食覓/食觅 [Philippine Hokkien]  ―  chia̍h bāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to give it a taste
    試覓/试觅 [Philippine Hokkien]  ―  chhì bāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to give it a try

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 寄覓/寄觅
  • 看覓/看觅
  • 覓喪/觅丧
  • 覓病/觅病
  • 覓脈/觅脉

Etymology 3

trad. 覓
simp. 觅

Pronunciation


Definitions

覓

  1. (Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to look for; to seek
Synonyms

Etymology 4

trad. 覓
simp. 觅

Pronunciation


Definitions

覓

  1. (Teochew) Alternative form of 揣 (“to look for; to seek”)

References

  • Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bā”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 8; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 8

Japanese

Kanji

覓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): べき (beki)
  • Kun: もとめる (motomeru, 覓める)

Korean

Hanja

覓 • (myeok) (hangeul 멱, revised myeok, McCune–Reischauer myŏk, Yale myek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

覓: Hán Nôm readings: mạch, mích, mịch

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