Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

尋: inquire, fathom

Also: look for

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

⺕ and 寸 carry the meaning · 工 and 口 are drawn in

12 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ジンjin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 尋問じんもんquestioning; interrogation
  • 尋常じんじょうcommon; ordinary; usual
  • 千尋せんじんgreat depth; bottomless

たずねるtazuneru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 尋ねるたずねるto ask; to enquire; to inquire
  • 尋ね人たずねびとmissing person; wanted person

Also read ひろ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Measure it out! Imagine a steady hand marking off a tiny distance with care.”
More in the 寸 inch story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺕

Also built on ⺕

15 in all
工

Also built on work (工)

All 12
口

Also built on mouth (口)

All 108
寸

Also built on inch (寸)

All 24

Also read ジン

14 kanji share this on'yomiAll 14
In ChineseSimplified 寻 · traditional, as in Japanese · xún

Japan keeps the traditional form 尋; mainland China simplifies it to 寻.

Simplified
寻 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
尋 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xún most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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