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Kanji Detail for 訊 - "ask, investigate"

訊

  • Meaning

    訊 means "ask, investigate." Also associated with news.

    1. Ask - To inquire; to question.

    2. Investigate - To examine; to interrogate.

    3. News - Tidings; correspondence; communication.

  • Words using 訊

    • 訊く きく Listen to ask; to enquire; to query

  • Tattoo check: 訊

    • Verified meaning: ask, investigate
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: news

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    request; question; investigate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    inquire; ask; examine; reproach

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question; (bound form) news; information

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    news, information; to question, to interrogate

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

    To question. Superiors questioning inferiors is called 訊. | Written inquiries are called 訊. Such as 音訊 (news). | News is called 訊. Such as 花訊 (flower news). | To interrogate criminals. Such as 訊鞫 (interrogation), 審訊 (trial).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jin(ジン) ジン

    shin(シン) シン

    shun(シュン) シュン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kiku(き-く) き-く

    tazune.ru(たず-ねる) たず-ねる

    tou(と-う) と-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    ask investigate news inquire letter question interrogate examine probe query correspondence tidings communication seek research survey

Sentences including 訊

  • I'll go ask Tom.

  • I'll go ask Tom.

  • I'll ask Tom.

  • Ask Tom again.

  • That's what I want to ask.

  • Have you asked the others?

  • Tom asked Mary what her last name was.

  • Let's ask her when she comes back home.

  • I asked Tom about Mary.

  • Ask anybody.

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