寻

尋
xún
#960 most
frequent character
to search, to look for, to seek

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

寻 once showed two hands stretching a bamboo mat to measure it, giving the old meaning of an arm-span. The mat was dropped from the simplified shape. The word was later borrowed for its sound to mean searching, with no link to measuring.

Drawn as: hands stretching a mat

寻 as a component in other characters

sound4 characters
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Homophones

巡xún
to patrol, to make one's rounds
循xún
to follow, to adhere to, to abide by
询xún
to ask about, to inquire about

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