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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
sōu - to search
- variant of 蒐|搜[sou1]
sōu - (bound form) to collect; to gather

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 3,047 4,261 2,607

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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Type:

Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
搜查 - 7 1,726 14,286 37,595
搜索 6 5 2,434 3,689 3,481
- 5 3,047 4,261 2,607
搜寻 - 7 4,571 12,131 18,798
搜集 - 7 7,358 9,426 13,252
搜捕 - - 10,915 23,322 45,903
搜身 - - 16,393 42,967 51,282
搜索引擎 - - 27,415 - -
搜刮 - - 27,589 39,422 31,052
搜罗 - - 36,653 31,181 19,982
搜括 - - 97,214 - -