Ideographic: To go searching with a spear 戈 in hand 扌Radical:

meaning for zhǎo:

  • - to try to find
  • - to look for
  • - to call on sb
  • - to find
  • - to seek
  • - to return
  • - to give changeto seek
  • - to look forto search for
  • - to look upto look for
  • - to seek
  • - to find faultto look for employment
  • - to pick a quarrelto suffer as a consequence of one's own actions
  • - you asked for it
  • - to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant)

néng
bāng
zhǎo
yíxià一下
diūshī丢失
de
xínglixiāng行李箱
ma

Can you help me find my lost luggage?


wǒmen我们
xūyào需要
zhǎo
yīgè一个
héshì合适
de
dìdiǎn地点
kāihuì开会

We need to find a suitable place to hold the meeting.


zhèngzài正在
shēnshang身上
zhǎo
de
yàoshi钥匙

I am looking for my keys on my body.


jiālǐ家里
méi
rén
zhǎo
búdào不到
yàoshi钥匙

Nobody's home and I can't find the key.


zhǎo
búdào不到
de
shēnfènzhèng身份证
le

I can't find my ID card.