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检索 (jiǎn suǒ) — to search, to retrieve, to look up (data, information, documents)

Definition

检索 (jiǎnsuǒ) means 'to search' or 'to retrieve' — a formal, written term used with databases, libraries, and documents, more technical than the everyday 查.

verb
to searchto retrieveto look up (data, information, documents)

Examples

  • 检索。
    Wǒ tōng guò hù lián wǎng jiǎn suǒ dào le hěn duō yǒu yòng de zī liào.
    I retrieved a lot of useful materials through the internet.
  • 检索。
    Qǐng yòng guān jiàn cí zài shù jù kù zhōng jiǎn suǒ yí cì.
    Please do a search in the database using the keyword.
  • 检索。
    Tā zài tú shū guǎn jiǎn suǒ dào le nà piān zhòng yào de lùn wén.
    He retrieved that important thesis at the library.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

检jiǎnexamine
索suǒsearch

检 means to examine, and 索 means to search, so 检索 describes looking through material to find information.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān檢jiǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 糸糸mìthread
  • 𣎳𣎳𣎳strip fibres off a hemp stalk

索 combines 糸 (thread) and 𣎳 (stripping fibres from a hemp stalk), showing threads or rope being pulled out from a fabric.

Open 索 →
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Computers & Internet

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