See also:
U+8993, 覓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8993

[U+8992]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8994]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 147, +4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月月山山 (BBUU), four-corner 20216, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1134, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34815
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1600, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3665, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+8993

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : (hand) + (to see).

Etymology 1

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Pronunciation


Note:
  • be̍k/bia̍k - literary;
  • ba̍h/bā/bāi - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mek̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mek̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛjk̚/
Li
Rong
/mek̚/
Wang
Li
/miek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mik6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9026
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*meːɡ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to search for; to seek; to hunt for
Synonyms

Compounds

  • 尋尋覓覓寻寻觅觅 (xúnxúnmìmì)
  • 尋死覓活寻死觅活
  • 尋覓寻觅 (xúnmì)
  • 尋蹤覓跡寻踪觅迹
  • 東尋西覓东寻西觅
  • 覓保觅保
  • 覓取觅取
  • 覓句觅句
  • 覓封侯觅封侯
  • 覓愛追歡觅爱追欢
  • 覓柳尋花觅柳寻花
  • 覓死尋活觅死寻活
  • 覓生覓死觅生觅死
  • 覓索觅索
  • 覓衣求食觅衣求食
  • 覓貼兒觅贴儿
  • 覓食觅食 (mìshí)
  • 追蹤覓影追踪觅影
  • 追風覓影追风觅影
  • 鑽頭覓縫钻头觅缝
  • 閉門覓句闭门觅句
  • 騎牛覓牛骑牛觅牛
  • 騎驢覓驢骑驴觅驴

Etymology 2

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𥌚

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hokkien) to see; to examine
  2. (Hokkien) give something a go; give something a try (used after a verb)

Compounds

Etymology 3

trad.
simp.

Definitions

  1. (Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to look for; to seek
Synonyms

Etymology 4

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Teochew) Alternative form of (“to look for; to seek”).

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): べき (beki)
  • Kun: もとめる (motomeru, 覓める)

Korean

Hanja

(myeok) (hangeul , revised myeok, McCuneReischauer myŏk, Yale myek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: mạch, mích, mịch

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