洵

xún
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truly, whirlpool

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

洵 has 氵 water as its meaning part and 旬 xún for sound. It first meant the Guo River. This grew to whirlpool; the sense truly or indeed was borrowed only for sound.

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Homophones

寻xún
to search, to look for, to seek
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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