覓

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

• 𠼽 漞 㯒 𥊋 𥛟 䌐 𧐎 𧱻 𧽨 䮭 𪒐 𦸡

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 爪 (“hand”) + 見 (“to see”).

覓

1. to search for; to seek; to hunt out for; to look into; to look out for; to investigate; to explore; to inquire into; to research

• The Hokkien term is usually used for searching or making inquiries about what is not known, meanwhile Hokkien 揣 (chhē / chhōe / chhēr / chhěr, “to look for; to seek”) is used to look for something known that is lost, as per Douglas (1873).

覓

1. (Hokkien) to inspect; to probe; to see; to examine face-to-face; to visit and inquire about
2. (Hokkien) give something a go; give something a try (used after a verb)

   食覓／食觅 [Philippine Hokkien]  ―  chia̍h bāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to give it a taste

   試覓／试觅 [Philippine Hokkien]  ―  chhì bāi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to give it a try

覓

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

覓

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

覓

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 覕 / 𰴕 (bih, “to hide”)
   • (Can we date this quote?), “舊相片”, 謝明訓 (lyrics), 秀蘭瑪雅 [Showlen Maya] (music)‎^[1]performed by 秀蘭瑪雅 [Showlen Maya]:

     往事叨位覓　親像一齣戲 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     往事叨位觅　亲像一出戏 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     óng-sū tó-ūi bih, chhin-chhiūⁿ chi̍t chhut hì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “覓”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bā”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 8; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 8

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

覓 • (myeok) (hangeul 멱, revised myeok, McCune–Reischauer myŏk, Yale myek)

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覓: Hán Nôm readings: mạch, mích, mịch

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