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Kanji Detail for 尋 - "to search, to ask"

尋

  • Meaning

    尋 means "to search, to ask." Also associated with to visit.

    1. To ask - To inquire; to question; to investigate.

    2. To search - To seek; to look for.

    3. To visit - To call upon.

    4. Subsequently - Following after; soon after.

    5. Length unit - The span of both arms extended left and right.

    6. Length unit - One hiro equals six shaku.

  • Words using 尋

    • 尋問 じんもん Listen questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
    • 尋ねる たずねる Listen to ask; to enquire; to inquire

  • Four-character idioms with 尋

    • 尋常一様 じんじょういちよう Listen ordinary; common; mediocre

  • Tattoo check: 尋

    • Verified meaning: to search, to ask
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じん, ひろ, ひろし)
    • Also carries these associations: to visit

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 尋

    Given names 尋(じん)Listen 尋(ひろ)Listen 尋(ひろし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    inquire; fathom; look for

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    seek, search, look for; ancient

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to search; to look for; to seek

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To seek. Such as 尋覓. | A measure. Eight 尺 make one 尋. Such as 枉尺直尋, meaning small loss for great gain. See (Mencius). | Still; continuing. Such as 日尋干戈, meaning warfare not ceasing. | Shortly; soon. Such as time approaching is called 尋及. Also 侵尋, meaning gradually reaching. Such as 白髮侵尋, meaning growing old. | To repeat; to revisit. Such as 尋盟, meaning reaffirming an old alliance.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jin(ジン) ジン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiro(ひろ) ひろ

    tazune.ru(たず-ねる) たず-ねる

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    寸 (sun)

  • Related Keywords

    to ask to search to visit immediately afterwards length unit subsequently to inquire seek look for investigate fathom question explore probe quest ordinary common

Sentences including 尋

  • I asked my teacher what to do next.

  • The old man asked me the time.

  • I wrote him to ask why.

  • Mary asked after his father.

  • He asked after you.

  • He asked me a question.

  • He asked me if i was busy.

  • He asked me what i had bought.

  • I asked who he was.

  • I asked him where i should park my car.

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