The kanji 捜: meaning, readings and stroke order
捜
- Meaning
- search, look for
- On reading
- ソウ sou
- Kun reading
- さが(す) sagasu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
- Old form
- 搜
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tìm kiếm, lục soát (sưu)
- Japanese
- さがす。くまなく しらべる。
- Korean
- 찾다, 수색하다 (수)
- Chinese
- 搜寻、搜查 (搜)
Readings, words and example sentences
ソウ sou · on reading · less common
捜査
(police) investigation
警察が 捜査を 続けます。
The police keep investigating.
さが(す) sagasu · kun reading
捜す
to look for, to search for
なくした かぎを 捜します。
I look for the key I lost.
Practise writing 捜 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 捜 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.