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找
找 ＝ 扌 ＋ 戈
ㄓㄠˇ · zhǎo
verb — to look for; to give change
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a hand
戈形a dagger-axe — rendered bare
A hand (扌) beside a dagger-axe (戈). As huá the graph once doubled for 划, poling a boat; the everyday zhǎo — looking for things, and 找錢, making up the change — is Ming-era vernacular that settled into this written shape.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）伸進包裡，翻了個底朝天——鑰匙呢？
A hand (扌) goes into the bag and turns it inside out — where are the keys?
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(假借)找東西— to look for常用
→找錢— to give change — making up what is short
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension