見つける
みつける · mitsukeru · JLPT N4 · verb-ichidan
to find
🔍 見つける = see (見) + attach (つける): fix your eyes onto it = find
見 (mi) is the stem of 見る, to see. つける means to attach or fix on. Finding something is the moment your sight attaches to it. The intransitive partner is 見つかる, to be found.