搵

See also: 揾

搵	U+6435, 搵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6435

← 搴
[U+6434]

CJK Unified Ideographs

搶 →
[U+6436]

Translingual

Han character

搵 (radical 64 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手田人廿 (QWOT), four-corner 5601₇, composition ⿰扌𥁕)

References

KangXi: page 448, character 16

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12520

Dae Jaweon: page 799, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 1932, character 5

Unihan data for U+6435

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		搵
simp.		揾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèn (wen⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan³, man⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vun
Min Nan (POJ): ùn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ
  - Wade-Giles: wên⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenn
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan³, man⁵
  - Yale: wan, máhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan³, man⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen³, men⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐn³³/, /mɐn¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vun
  - Hakka Romanization System: vun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vun⁴
  - IPA: /vun⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùn
  - Tâi-lô: ùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /un²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /un²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /un¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʔuən^H/, /ʔɨun^X/▼

Rime
Character	搵	搵
Reading #	2/3	1/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	烏困切	於粉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuən^H/	/ʔɨun^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuon^H/	/ʔiun^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuən^H/	/ʔiuən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwən^H/	/ʔun^X/
Li Rong	/ʔuən^H/	/ʔiuən^X/
Wang Li	/uən^H/	/ĭuən^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔuən^H/	/ʔi̯uən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wèn	yǔn

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*quːns/, /*qunʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搵	搵
Reading #	1/3	2/3
No.	12978	12991
Phonetic component	昷	昷
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	揾	惲
Old Chinese	/*quːns/	/*qunʔ/

Definitions

搵

(literary or Hakka, Min Nan) to soak; to dip

搵豆油 / 揾豆油 [Min Nan] ― ùn tāu-iû [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to dip in soy sauce
(literary) to press (with one's finger)
(literary) to wipe away
(literary) to kiss; to nibble

Etymology 2

trad.		搵
simp.		揾

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): wan²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vun²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan²
  - Yale: wán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐn³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vun²
  - IPA ^(key): /vun⁵⁵/

Definitions

搵

(Cantonese)

to search; to look for; to look up
to earn (money)

搵外快 / 揾外快 [Cantonese] ― wan² ngoi⁶ faai³ [Jyutping] ― to earn extra money

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		尋
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		尋找
Mandarin	Beijing	找
	Taiwan	找
	Jinan	找
	Xi'an	尋、找
	Wuhan	找、尋
	Chengdu	找
	Yangzhou	找
	Hefei	找
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搵
	Hong Kong	搵
	Taishan	搵
	Yangjiang	搵
Gan	Nanchang	尋
Hakka	Meixian	尋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	尋
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	尋
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	尋
	Dongshi (Dabu)	尋
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	尋
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	尋
Jin	Taiyuan	尋、找
Min Bei	Jian'ou	撈
Min Dong	Fuzhou	討、尋
Min Nan	Xiamen	揣
	Quanzhou	揣
	Zhangzhou	揣
	Taipei	揣
	Kaohsiung	揣
	Tainan	揣
	Taichung	揣
	Hsinchu	揣
	Lukang	揣
	Sanxia	揣
	Yilan	揣
	Kinmen	揣
	Magong	揣
	Penang	揣
	Chaozhou	揣
	Shantou	揣
Wu	Suzhou	尋
Wu	Wenzhou	尋
Xiang	Changsha	尋
Xiang	Shuangfeng	尋

Compounds

搵丁／揾丁
搵世界／揾世界
搵佬／揾佬
搵兩餐／揾两餐
搵周公／揾周公
搵嘢做／揾嘢做
搵嚟／揾嚟

搵工／揾工
搵朝唔得晩／揾朝唔得晩
搵窿捐／揾窿捐
搵笨／揾笨
搵米路／揾米路
搵老襯／揾老衬

搵腳／揾脚
搵著數／揾着数
搵路／揾路
搵銀／揾银
搵錢／揾钱
搵食／揾食

Etymology 3

trad.		搵
simp.		揾

Pronunciation

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vut

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vut
  - Hakka Romanization System: vud`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vud⁵
  - IPA: /vut̚²/

Definitions

搵

(Hakka) to bend; to turn

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)
“臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #492”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
“Entry #15278”, in 臺灣客家語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka] (in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2014.
“Entry #15279”, in 臺灣客家語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka] (in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2014.

Japanese

Kanji

搵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): おん (on)

Kun: しずむ (shizumu), おさえる (osaeru)

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