找 (zhǎo): meaning and stroke order
找 (zhǎo) means to try to find, to look for, to call on sb, to find, to seek, to return, to give change.
找
- Simplified
- 找
- Traditional
- 找 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zhǎo
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Stroke order of 找
找
- zhǎo to try to find; to look for
- 7 strokes
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Meaning of 找
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zhǎo
- to try to find
- to look for
- to call on sb
- to find
- to seek
- to return
- to give change
Radical and structure
- 找
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 7 strokes · 扌 on the left, 戈 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 找
- 找到 zhǎo dào to find
找 in our stories
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早上，高飞找不到他的手机了。
zǎoshang Gāo Fēi zhǎo bú dào tā de shǒujī le
In the morning Gao Fei can't find his phone.
From the story Where's my phone? HSK 2
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没想到何芳高兴地说：“太好了！我也打鼓，正好可以找个朋友一起练！”
méi xiǎngdào Hé Fāng gāoxìng de shuō tài hǎo le wǒ yě dǎ gǔ zhènghǎo kěyǐ zhǎo gè péngyou yìqǐ liàn
To the landlord's surprise, He Fang says happily, "Great! I play the drums too. Now I'll have someone to practise with!"
From the story The cheap room HSK 3
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他找了好几天，终于看到一个只要九十九块的灰色沙发，照片上看起来非常舒服。
tā zhǎo le hǎojǐ tiān zhōngyú kàndào yí gè zhǐ yào jiǔshíjiǔ kuài de huīsè shāfā zhàopiàn shàng kànqilai fēicháng shūfu
After searching for days he finally found a grey sofa for only ninety-nine yuan, and in the photo it looked very comfortable.
From the story The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4
Stories using 找
- Where's my phone? HSK 2
- The cheap room HSK 3
- The ninety-nine-yuan sofa HSK 4
- Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5
- Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
- Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).