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Kanji Detail for 尋 - "seek, ask, search"
尋
- Meaning
尋 means "seek, ask, search."
To ask - To inquire; to question; to investigate.
To search - To seek; to look for.
To visit - To call upon.
Subsequently - Following after; soon after.
Length unit - The span of both arms extended left and right.
Length unit - One hiro equals six shaku.
- 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.
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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.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
よく聞くと、それが尋常の談話でなくって、どうも言逆いらしかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私がかつてその選択について先生の意見を尋ねた時、先生は好いでしょうといった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
何ともいって来ませんよ」「そうですか」私は先生が私のうちの財産を聞いたり、私の父の病気を尋ねたりするのを、普通の談話――胸に浮かんだままをその通り口にする、普通の談話と思って聞いていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生はその上に私の家族の人数を聞いたり、親類の有無を尋ねたり、叔父や叔母の様子を問いなどした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私がかつて先生にあの人は何ですかと尋ねたら、先生は何と見えますかと聞き返した。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は父の眼の前へ顔を出して、「どうです、浣腸して少しは心持が好くなりましたか」と尋ねた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そうしてどんな場合に、善人が悪人に変化するのかと尋ねました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しまいに駄菓子屋の上さんに、ここいらに小ぢんまりした貸家はないかと尋ねてみました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私がそれは何のためだと尋ねたら、彼は親指で一つ二つと勘定する真似をして見せました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha