蒐

sōu
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(literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

蒐 first meant a kind of madder plant. 艹 plants is the meaning part; 鬼 is now empty, standing where 畟 cè once gave the sound. The meaning 'to hunt, search for' was borrowed by sound, not from the plant.

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Homophones

HSK 6
艘sōu
classifier for ships, Taiwan pr. sao1
搜sōu
search, search out

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