# 捜 search

(handleft) + 申 (humbly say/god radical) + 又 (again/crotch radical)
★☆☆☆☆
10 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

SOU | SO many people search for love, SO few find it.

## Mnemonic

| "That's the hand of God searching for your crotch." At least that's what Father Flannagan told you.

## Kunyomi

さが*す | search for something you lost (carkeys, sanity) or cops searching for a criminal. ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

捜査(そうさ) | criminal investigation ★★☆☆☆ NP 捜 (search) + 査 (inspect) = 捜査 (criminal investigation)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
深 | deep | WATER | 水
探 | look for | HANDS | 手
採 | gather | NEST |
捜 | search | FREEDOM | 由
授 | instruct | RECIEVE | 受

The merman lives in the deep WATER.

You look for delicious PIE, but you gather NESTS so the birds all die.

You search for FREEDOM.

You RECEIVE instruction.

## Synonyms

search for 探 捜