Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to search

Chinese: 搜索、搜查。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “sou” becomes a different word in each tone. 搜 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 搜索sōu suǒto search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
  • 搜集sōu jíto gather; to collect
  • 搜查sōu cháto search
  • 搜寻sōu xúnto search; to look for
  • 搜救sōu jiùsearch and rescue

Example Sentence

他在房间里到处搜寻丢失的钥匙。Tā zài fáng jiān lǐ dào chù sōu xún diū shī de yào shi.He searched all over the room for the lost keys.

hezàiat房间fáng jiānroominside到处dào chùeverywhere搜寻sōu xúnto search丢失diū shīto losedeof钥匙yào shikey