To Find Something
Transitive verb and Ichidan verb
みつける
むしさされって、見付けるととたんにかゆくなるよな。
The moment you find a bug bite it makes you itchy, don't you think?
このぼう子は、コウイチのかつらを見付けるための手がかりになるかもしれません。
This hat might help us find Koichi's wig.
私は今朝、虹の端にあると言われている金の壺を見付けるために四時間以上も費やしました。
I spent over four hours this morning trying to find the pot of gold that they say is at the end of the rainbow.
You know that 付ける means "to attach" and that 見 means "see." So, when you attach your seeing to something, it's like you're looking around trying to find something. When you find what you're looking for, imagine your eyeballs flying out and attaching to that item, then yelling "I FOUND IT!"
The readings come from 見る and 付ける. If you use those readings, you'll be able to read this word too.