搵

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

• 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

搵

1. (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

2. (literary) to press (with one's finger)
3. (literary) to wipe away
4. (literary) to kiss; to nibble

搵

(Cantonese)

1. to search; to look for
   • 搵唔到工 / 揾唔到工 [Cantonese]  ―  wan² m⁴ dou³ gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  unable to find a job

   • 搵緊佢副眼鏡 [Cantonese, trad.]
     揾紧佢副眼镜 [Cantonese, simp.]

     wan² gan² keoi⁵ fu³ ngaan⁵ geng³ [Jyutping]

     looking for their glasses

   • 叫佢唔好再搵我 [Cantonese, trad.]
     叫佢唔好再揾我 [Cantonese, simp.]

     giu³ keoi⁵ m⁴ hou² zoi³ wan² ngo⁵ [Jyutping]

     ask them not to try to contact me ever again

2. to earn (money)
   • 搵外快 / 揾外快 [Cantonese]  ―  wan² ngoi⁶ faai³ [Jyutping]  ―  to earn extra money

搵

1. (Hakka) to bend; to turn

搵

1. ^† to tease

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01377
• “搵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “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.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): おん (on)
• Kun: しずむ (shizumu), おさえる (osaeru)