(literary) to seek

to find; old variant of 覓|觅[mi4]

claw hand (爫) + eyes (见) = to seek

The hand reaches out and the eyes scan — together they capture the act of searching. Both components work semantically to evoke active, deliberate seeking.

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A clawSemantic
To seeSemantic

小鸟每天清晨出去食。

xiǎo niǎo měi tiān qīng chén chū qù mì shí。

The little bird goes out to seek food every morning.

他四处奔走,只为得一份好工作。

tā sì chù bēn zǒu,zhǐ wèi mì dé yī fèn hǎo gōng zuò。

He rushed around everywhere, all just to find a good job.

Words with 觅

闭门觅句

bì mén mì jù

lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing

骑驴觅驴

qí lǘ mì lǘ

see 騎驢找驢|骑驴找驴[qi2 lu:2 zhao3 lu:2]

另觅新欢

lìng mì xīn huān

to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex)

觅句

mì jù

to search for the right word (of poet)

寻觅

xún mì

to look for

觅取

mì qǔ

to seek

觅食

mì shí

to forage

觅食行为

mì shí xíng wéi

foraging

踏破铁鞋无觅处,得来全不费工夫

tà pò tiě xié wú mì chù , dé lái quán bù fèi gōng fu

to travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily

More characters with 爫

乿