找

找 U+627E, 找
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-627E
← 扽
[U+627D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 承 →
[U+627F]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

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

References
  • KangXi: page 419, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11851
  • Dae Jaweon: page 766, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1835, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+627E

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (爪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
抓 *ʔsruː, *ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs
爪 *ʔsruːʔ
笊 *ʔsruːʔ, *ʔsruːs
找 *ʔsruːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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.

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 找
variant forms 爪 “to seek”

Both “to seek” and “to give change” senses are attested since the Ming dynasty. The etymology is uncertain and it is unclear whether both senses are of the same origin. Compare 爪 (zhuǎ) and 抓 (zhuā).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • chāu/chǎu - vernacular;
  • cháu - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 找
Reading # 1/1
No. 17661
Phonetic
component		 爪
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 爪
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsruːʔ/
Notes 抓分化字

Definitions

找

  1. to look for; to seek
    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?
  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?
  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)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 尋, 覓
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
Hsinchu (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
Philippines (Manila) 揣
Chaozhou 揣
Shantou 揣
Wu Suzhou 尋
Wenzhou 尋
Xiang Changsha 尋
Shuangfeng 尋

Compounds
Derived terms from 找

See also

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 找 – see 划 (“to row; to paddle”).
(This character, 找, is a variant form of 划.)

Japanese

Kanji
找

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to look for
  2. to seek
  3. to make change

Readings
  • On (unclassified): か (ka), げ (ge), そう (sō)
  • Kun: さおさす (saosasu), たずねる (tazuneru)

Korean

Hanja

找 • (jo) (hangeul 조)

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Vietnamese

Han character

找 (trảo, hoa, quơ, chết,)

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