找
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to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,547 U+627E
How 找 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To go searching with a spear 戈 in hand 扌
How to remember it
look for · Heisig RSH #610
fingers + fiesta
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 找
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 找不自在 | zhǎo bù zì zai | to ask for trouble; to bring misfortune on oneself |
| 找不着北 | zhǎo bu zháo běi | to be confused and disoriented |
| 找机会 | zhǎo jī huì | to look for an opportunity |
| 找上门 | zhǎo shàng mén | to come to sb's door; to call on sb |
| 不用找 | bù yòng zhǎo | "keep the change" (restaurant expression) |
| 自找苦吃 | zì zhǎo kǔ chī | to bring trouble on oneself |
| 找门路 | zhǎo mén lù | to seek help from social connections |
| 花钱找罪受 | huā qián zhǎo zuì shòu | to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous |
| 满地找牙 | mǎn dì zhǎo yá | to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor; (fig.) to get beaten up badly; to beat t… |
| 找不着 | zhǎo bu zháo | to be unable to find |
| 找不到 | zhǎo bu dào | can't find |
| 找头 | zhǎo tou | change (from money paid) |
| 自找 | zì zhǎo | to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions; you asked for it; to bring it on oneself … |
| 找对象 | zhǎo duì xiàng | to seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate |
| 找刺儿 | zhǎo cì r | to find fault |
| 找台阶儿 | zhǎo tái jiē r | to find an excuse; to look for a pretext |
| 找出 | zhǎo chū | to find; to search out |
| 找平 | zhǎo píng | to level (ground); to make level |
| 找事 | zhǎo shì | to look for employment; to pick a quarrel |
| 骑马找马 | qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ | (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while … |