找

找 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手戈 (QI), four-corner 5305₀, composition ⿰扌戈)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 419, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11851
• Dae Jaweon: page 766, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1835, character 4
• Unihan data for U+627E

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsruːʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl).

Originally a variant form of 划. Borrowed to mean a similar action.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

The popular interpretation as a hand (扌) looking for a halberd (戈) is a mnemonic and not the origin of the character.

Attested since the Ming dynasty. From 抓 (MC tsraewX) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

找

1. to look for; to seek

   Alternative form: 爪

   他決定出去找食物。 [MSC, trad.]
   他决定出去找食物。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā juédìng chūqù zhǎo shíwù. [Pinyin]

   He decided to go out to search for food.

   你找過沙發後面了嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你找过沙发后面了吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zhǎo guò shāfā hòumiàn le ma? [Pinyin]

   Have you looked behind the sofa?

   我找到鑰匙了。／我找到钥匙了。  ―  Wǒ zhǎo dào yàoshi le.  ―  I found my keys.

   找到事情的根源  ―  zhǎo dào shìqíng de gēnyuán  ―  to get to the root of the matter

   我想我能給你找到合適的尺碼。 [MSC, trad.]
   我想我能给你找到合适的尺码。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiǎng wǒ néng gěi nǐ zhǎo dào héshì de chǐmǎ. [Pinyin]

   I think I can find the right size for you.

   我在一輛旅行車旁邊找到了一個車位。 [MSC, trad.]
   我在一辆旅行车旁边找到了一个车位。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zài yī liàng lǚxíngchē pángbiān zhǎo dào le yī ge chēwèi. [Pinyin]

   I found a place to park beside a station wagon.

   找不到工作  ―  zhǎobudào gōngzuò  ―  to be unable to find work

   找不到回去的路  ―  zhǎobudào huíqù de lù  ―  to be unable to find the way back

2. to ask for somebody; to call on somebody

   有人來找我嗎？／有人来找我吗？  ―  Yǒu rén lái zhǎo wǒ ma?  ―  Did anybody ask for me?

   為什麼要找我幫忙？ [MSC, trad.]
   为什么要找我帮忙？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wèishénme yào zhǎo wǒ bāngmáng? [Pinyin]

   Why do you/they want me to help?

3. to give change

   不用找了。  ―  Bùyòng zhǎo le.  ―  Keep the change.

   這是找你的錢。／这是找你的钱。  ―  Zhè shì zhǎo nǐ de qián.  ―  Here is your change.

   找返你三個六。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   找返你三个六。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zaau² faan¹ nei⁵ saam¹ go³ luk⁶. [Jyutping]

   $3.60 is your change.

4. to make up (a deficiency)

   找卡數／找卡数 [Cantonese]  ―  zaau² kaat¹ sou³ [Jyutping]  ―  to repay credit card debt

5. (Northern Wu, specifically) to look for; to search for (a job, a partner, etc.)

   找對象／找对象 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁵tsau ⁵te-zhian₆ [Wugniu]  ―  to look for a romantic partner

• (to give change): (Hokkien, Teochew) 拄 (zhǔ)

• 求 (qiú)

找

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 揣
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     等到情火一直燒　找無止痛的解藥 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     等到情火一直烧　找无止痛的解药 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     tán kah chêng hóe it-ti̍t sio, chhōe bô chí-thiàⁿ ê kái-io̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     By the time the fire of love was ceaselessly burning, [I still] could not find a painkilling antidote.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to look for
2. to seek
3. to make change
4. to row (a boat)

From 找 (“to look for, to seek”):

• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: たずねる (tazuneru, 找ねる)

From 找, alternative form of 划 (MC hwae|kwaX|kwaH, “to row, to paddle”):

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: か (ka)^{←くわ (kwa, historical)}
• Kun: さおさす (saosasu, 找す)

找 (eumhun 채울 조 (chae'ul jo))

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找 (eumhun 삿대질할 화 (satdaejilhal hwa))

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找: Hán Nôm readings: trảo, hoa, quơ, chết, triễu

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