Trace Panda
■ radical

sǒu

old man

How it’s built

Depicts a hand (又) holding a torch (火) in a dark room (宀) looking for something. Original form of the character 搜.

宀
iconic

roof

火
iconic

fire

又
iconic

(hand); again

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Appears in

Characters that use 叟 as a component, most common first.

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