TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
搜
搜 ＝ 扌 ＋ 叟
ㄙㄡ · sōu
verb — to search, hunt for
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
叟聲sǒu — gives the soundan old man holding a torch in a house
Tsǒu → sōu — the tone shifts
A hand (扌) hunts through a space — to search. 叟 sǒu, an old man with a torch peering through the house, gives the sound, worn to sōu. From 搜尋、搜查 to 搜索.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）翻遍每個抽屜，像叟（叟）舉火把照屋角，一處不漏。
The hand (扌) turns out every drawer, the way the old man (叟) sweeps his torch into each corner — nothing left dark.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)搜、搜尋— to search, to hunt for常用
→搜查、搜索— to search out, to investigate常用
⇒搜集— to collect by searching
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension