| 觅 | |||
| seek; search | |||
| Radical | 見见見 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | mì | Cantonese reading | mik6 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 覓 | seek; search | |
| 觅 | |||
| seek; search | |||
| Radical | 見见見 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | mì | Cantonese reading | mik6 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 覓 | seek; search | |
| 觅 | [ mì ] (literary) to seek, to find |
| 觅取 | [ mì qǔ ] to seek, to seek out |
| 觅句 | [ mì jù ] to search for the right word (of poet) |
| 觅食 | [ mì shí ] to forage, to hunt for food, to scavenge, fig. to make a living |
| 觅食行为 | [ mì shí xíng weí ] foraging |
| 觅 | [ mì ] old variant of 覓|觅[mi4] |
| ⇒ 另觅新欢 | [ lìng mì xīn huān ] to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex), a bit on the side |
| ⇒ 寻觅 | [ xún mì ] to look for |
| ⇒ 踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费工夫 | [ tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù dé laí quán bù feì gōng fu ] to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily |
| ⇒ 闭门觅句 | [ bì mén mì jù ] lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing |
| ⇒ 骑驴觅驴 | [ qí lǘ mì lǘ ] see 騎驢找驢|骑驴找驴[qi2 lu:2 zhao3 lu:2] |