Kanji N2

捜: search, look for, locate

捜 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning search, look for, locate, written with 10 strokes. It is read ソウ, シュ, シュウ (on) and さがす (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 捜査 (そうさ, search) and 捜索 (そうさく, search).

捜

Meanings

  • search
  • look for
  • locate
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#592 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソウ
  • シュ
  • シュウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • さがす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 捜

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 捜査そうさ

    search (esp. in criminal investigations)

    JLPT N1
  • 捜索そうさく

    search (esp. for someone or something missing)

    JLPT N1
  • 特捜とくそう

    special investigation

  • 捜査官そうさかん

    (police) investigator

  • 捜索隊そうさくたい

    search party

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