Chinese Character 尋 Meanings and components.

Form

尋

Meaning

尋 meaning[3] in English

To Search.

To Look For.

To Seek.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 尋 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are pig snout (Kangxi … (彐) , work (工) , mouth (口) , 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 SMMRI

How to write 尋

To write尋xun2to search you should write a combination of 彐ji4pig snout … 工gong1work 口kou3mouth , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吕 shape:

彐 + 工 + 口 + 寸 = 尋

尋 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

尋
Pinyin:xun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Search . To Look For . To Seek
彐
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Pig Snout (Kangxi Radical 58)
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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