Chinese Character 寻 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

寻 meaning^[3] in English

To Search.

To Look For.

To Seek.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 寻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are pig snout (Kangxi … (彐) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical^[1] is: 寸 (cun4) which means: A Unit Of Length, Inch, Thumb, .寸cun4a unit …

In cangjie it is written with SMDI

How to write 寻

To write寻xun2to search you should write a combination of 彐ji4pig snout … , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吕 shape:

彐 + 寸 = 寻

寻 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 寻 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 寻, looks as follow: