找(zhǎo)

HSK 17 strokes

to try to find

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Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
zhǎo
Meaning
to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 找 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰扌戈

To go searching with a spear 戈 in hand 扌

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

扌shǒu戈gē

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 找 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 找

Common words using 找 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhǎo找dào到
HSK 1

to find

Open 找到 page →
zhǎo找chū出
HSK 2

to find; to search out

Open 找出 page →
xún寻zhǎo找
HSK 4

to seek; to look for

Open 寻找 page →
chá查zhǎo找
HSK 7-9

to search for

Open 查找 page →
zhǎo找shì事

to look for employment; to pick a quarrel

Open 找事 page →
zhǎo找shàng上mén门

to come to sb's door

Open 找上门 page →
zhǎo找bù不zhe着běi北

to be confused and disoriented

Open 找不着北 page →
zhǎo找huí回

to retrieve

Open 找回 page →

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