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Chinese symbol for “frisk”

搜身
sōu shēn
to do a body search; to frisk

The closest CC-CEDICT match for frisk is 搜身 (sōu shēn), defined as: to do a body search; to frisk.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

搜 sōu
to seek, to search, to investigate
radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes
身 shēn
body, torso; person; pregnancy
radical 158 ⾝ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “frisk”

WordPinyinMeaning
扒窃 (扒竊)pá qièto steal; to pick pockets
抄身chāo shēnto search (a person); to frisk
抄靶子chāo bǎ zi(dialect) to do a body search; to frisk

Related words

Other words that share a character with 搜身.

WordPinyinMeaning
搜索sōu suǒto search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
搜集 (蒐集)sōu jíto gather; to collect
搜寻 (搜尋)sōu xúnto search; to look for
搜查sōu cháto search
搜索引擎sōu suǒ yǐn qíngsearch engine
搜救sōu jiùsearch and rescue
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
身上shēn shangon the body; at hand

See also: Japanese symbol for “frisk”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.