讯

訊
xùn
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(bound form) to ask, to inquire

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

讯 pairs 讠 speech as a picture part with 卂 xùn, a captured prisoner of war, which is also a sound part. It first meant a captured prisoner open to questions, then grew to question, ask, and message.

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Homophones

训xùn
to teach, to train, to admonish
迅xùn
rapid, fast
逊xùn
to abdicate, modest, yielding

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