尋

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尋 U+5C0B, 尋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C0B
← 尊
[U+5C0A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尌 →
[U+5C0C]

Translingual

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Han character

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尋 (Kangxi radical 41, 寸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸一一口戈 (SMMRI), four-corner 17346, composition ⿳𫜹⿰工口寸(GJV) or ⿳⺕⿰工口寸(HTK))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 295, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7447
  • Dae Jaweon: page 586, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 510, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5C0B

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 尋
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (尋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
襑 *l̥ʰuːmʔ, *ljum
憳 *l̥ʰuːmʔ
蕁 *l'uːm
撏 *zluːm, *ɦljom, *ljum
燖 *ljom, *ljum
尋 *ljum
潯 *ljum
樳 *ljum
鄩 *ljum

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : two hands (now 彐 and 寸 ) stretched out measuring a mat (now 工) – "a unit of measurement; arm span". The component 口 (“mouth, talk”) was likely added to emphasize the act of reading the measurement out loud. Forms with it have appeared as early as oracle bone script, but forms without it have also appeared as late as the Spring and Autumn period.

Appears as 𢒫 in the Shuowen Jiezi, which interprets the character as phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) with 彡 (OC *sroːm, *slom) as the sound component.

Etymology 1

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trad. 尋
simp. 寻
unit of length; arm span
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la(ː)m (“armspan; fathom; cord”) (STEDT). Cognate with Mizo hlam (“measurement (armspan)”), Burmese လှမ်း (hlam:, “to reach out”).
to seek; to search
Attested since the Eastern Han dynasty. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Note: xín - dialectal and vernacular, in words such as 尋思 and 尋死.
Note:
  • Sixian:
    • chhìm - "to look for" ;
    • khîm - "arm span".
Note:
  • siâm - vernacular;
  • sîm - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 尋
Mandarin Beijing /ɕyn³⁵/
/ɕin³⁵/
Harbin /ɕyn²⁴/ ～找
/ɕin²⁴/ ～思
Tianjin /ɕin⁴⁵/
/ɕyn⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕyẽ⁴²/
Qingdao /syə̃⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /syn⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕiẽ²⁴/
Xining /ɕiə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕyŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕỹn⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕyŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕin²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕyn³¹/
Guiyang /ɕin²¹/
Kunming /ɕĩ¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰin²⁴/
/sin²⁴/
/syn²⁴/
Hefei /ɕin⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ʑiŋ²³/
Suzhou /zin¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑin²¹³/
Wenzhou /zaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sin¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡zin¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰin²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰim¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰim¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /sim³⁵/
/siam³⁵/ 量词
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /siŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡seiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰim⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /sim³¹/
Rime
Character 尋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 侵 (139)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 徐林切
Baxter zim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziɪm/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zim/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zim/
Li
Rong 		/ziəm/
Wang
Li 		/zĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cam4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 尋 尋
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xún xún
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zim › ‹ zim ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sə-l[ə]m/ (< *-um ?) /*sə-l[ə]m/
English warm up measure of 8 chǐ 尺

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 尋
Reading # 1/1
No. 14127
Phonetic
component 		尋
Rime
group 		侵
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		尋
Old
Chinese 		/*ljum/
Notes 象度兩臂間距，
說文加彡聲

Definitions

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尋

  1. to seek; to search; to look for
    喂，儂尋啥人？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
    喂，侬寻啥人？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
    1ue 6non 6zhin 5sa-gnin [Wugniu]
    Hello, who are you looking for?
  2. an ancient unit of length equivalent to eight chis; arm span
  3. (literary) soon; before long
  4. a surname
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 求, 尋, 覓1
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 找, 尋找, 尋覓
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 找
Taiwan 找
Chengde 找
Chifeng 找
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 找
Heihe 找
Qiqihar 找
Harbin 找
Jiamusi 找
Baicheng 找
Changchun 找
Tonghua 找
Shenyang 找
Jinzhou 找
Malaysia 找
Singapore 找
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 找
Tangshan 找
Cangzhou 找
Baoding 找
Shijiazhuang 找
Lijin 找
Jinan 找
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 找
Dandong 找
Yantai 找
Yantai (Muping) 找
Qingdao 找
Zhucheng 找
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 尋, 找
Lingbao 尋
Jining 找
Wanrong 尋
Linfen 尋
Shangqiu 找, 尋
Yuanyang 尋
Zhengzhou 找
Xinyang 找
Baihe 找
Xi'an 尋, 找
Baoji 找, 尋
Tianshui 找, 尋
Xining 尋
Xuzhou 找
Fuyang 找
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 找
Lanzhou 找
Dunhuang 找
Hami 找
Ürümqi 找
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 找
Nanchong 找
Dazhou 找
Hanyuan 找
Xichang 找
Zigong 找
Chongqing 找
Wuhan 找, 尋
Yichang 找
Xiangyang 找
Tianmen 找, 尋
Guiyang 找
Zunyi 找
Bijie 找
Liping 找
Zhaotong 找
Dali 找
Kunming 找
Mengzi 尾
Guilin 找
Liuzhou 找
Changde 找
Hanzhong 找
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 找
Yangzhou 找
Lianyungang 找
Lianshui 找
Nantong 找
Anqing 找
Wuhu 找
Hefei 找
Hong'an 找
Cantonese Guangzhou 搵2
Hong Kong 搵2
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 搵2
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 尋
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 搵2
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 搵2
Macau 搵2
Guangzhou (Panyu) 搵2
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 搵2
Guangzhou (Conghua) 搵2
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 搵2
Foshan 搵2
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 搵2
Foshan (Shunde) 搵2
Foshan (Sanshui) 搵2
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 搵2
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 搵2
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 搵2
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 搵2
Zhuhai (Doumen) 搵2
Jiangmen (Baisha) 搵2
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 搵2
Taishan 搵2, 搵3
Kaiping (Chikan) 搵2, 搵3
Enping (Niujiang) 搵2
Heshan (Yayao) 搵2
Dongguan 搵2
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 尋, 搵2
Qingyuan 搵2
Fogang 搵2
Yingde (Hanguang) 搵2
Yangshan 搵2
Shaoguan 搵2
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 搵2
Renhua 搵2
Lechang 搵2
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 搵2
Sihui 搵2
Guangning 搵2
Deqing 搵2
Huaiji 搵2
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 搵2
Yunfu 搵2
Xinxing 搵2
Luoding 搵2
Yunan (Pingtai) 搵2
Yangjiang 搵2
Xinyi 搵2
Lianjiang 搵2
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 尋
Nanning 搵2
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 搵2
Penang (Guangfu) 搵2
Singapore (Guangfu) 搵2
Gan Nanchang 尋, 找
Lichuan 尋
Pingxiang 尋
Hakka Meixian 尋
Xingning 尋
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 尋
Huidong (Daling) 尋
Dongguan (Qingxi) 尋
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 尋
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 搵2
Heyuan (Bendihua) 尋
Zijin 尋
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 尋
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 尋
Liannan 尋
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 尋
Jiexi 尋
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 尋
Changting 尋
Wuping 尋
Wuping (Yanqian) 尋
Wuping (Pingyu) 尋
Liancheng 尋
Ninghua 尋
Yudu 尋
Ningdu 尋
Ruijin 尋
Shicheng 尋
Shangyou (Shexi) 尋
Tonggu (Sandu) 尋
Ganzhou (Panlong) 尋
Dayu 尋
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 尋
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 尋
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 尋
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 尋
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 尋
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 尋
Hong Kong 尋
Yangxi (Tangkou) 搵2, 跟
Yangchun (Sanjia) 搵2
Xinyi (Sihe) 跟
Xinyi (Qianpai) 跟
Gaozhou (Xindong) 跟
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 跟
Huazhou (Xin'an) 跟
Lianjiang (Shijiao) 跟
Lianjiang (Qingping) 跟
Mengshan (Xihe) 尋
Luchuan 尋
Senai (Huiyang) 尋
Huizhou Jixi 尋
Shexian 尋
Jin Taiyuan 尋, 找
Yangyuan 找, 尋
Datong 尋
Xinzhou 尋
Lüliang (Lishi) 尋
Changzhi 找, 尋
Linhe 找, 尋
Jining 找
Hohhot 找, 尋
Erenhot 找
Pingshan 找
Zhangjiakou 找
Handan 找
Linzhou 找
Suide 尋
Northern Min Jian'ou 撈
Songxi 撈
Zhenghe 撈
Jianyang 撈
Wuyishan 撈
Pucheng (Shibei) 撈
Eastern Min Fuzhou 討, 尋
Fuzhou (Changle) 討
Fuqing 討
Yongtai 討
Gutian 討, 撈
Pingnan 撈
Fu'an 揣
Ningde 尋
Xiapu 揣
Zherong 揣
Shouning 撈
Zhouning 揣
Fuding 揣
Matsu 討
Singapore (Fuqing) 討
Southern Min Xiamen 揣, 覓1
Xiamen (Tong'an) 揣
Quanzhou 揣, 覓1
Jinjiang 揣
Shishi 揣
Yongchun 揣
Zhangzhou 揣, 覓1
Zhao'an 揣
Taipei 揣
New Taipei (Sanxia) 揣
Kaohsiung 揣
Yilan 揣
Changhua (Lukang) 揣
Taichung 揣
Tainan 揣
Hsinchu 揣
Kinmen 揣
Penghu (Magong) 揣
Penang (Hokkien) 揣
Singapore (Hokkien) 揣
Manila (Hokkien) 揣
Longyan 揣
Datian 揣
Chaozhou 揣
Shantou 揣
Shantou (Chenghai) 揣
Shantou (Chaoyang) 揣
Jieyang 揣
Haifeng 揣
Bangkok (Teochew) 揣
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 揣
Singapore (Teochew) 揣
Leizhou 覓3
Wenchang 覓3, 揣
Haikou 覓3
Singapore (Hainanese) 覓3
Puxian Min Putian 揣
Central Min Yong'an 撈
Sanming (Sanyuan) 撈
Sanming (Shaxian) 撈
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 搵2
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 搵2
Wu Shanghai 尋
Shanghai (Chongming) 尋
Suzhou 尋
Kunshan 尋
Taicang 尋
Qidong 尋
Haimen (Sijia) 尋
Danyang 尋
Jingjiang 找
Huzhou 尋
Hangzhou 尋
Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) 尋
Tonglu (Wusheng) 尋
Zhuji 尋
Shengzhou 尋
Ningbo 尋
Cixi 尋
Wenzhou 尋
Jinhua 尋
Xiang Changsha 尋
Loudi 尋
Shuangfeng 尋

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • → Vietnamese: tìm

References

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Etymology 2

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trad. 尋
simp. 寻
alternative forms 噚／㖊

See 尋日／寻日.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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尋

  1. (Cantonese) yesterday

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai 尋
Kyūjitai
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尋󠄁
尋+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
尋󠄃
尋+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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尋

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. fathom

Readings

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References

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  1. ^ “尋”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Hanja

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尋 (eum 심 (sim))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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尋: Hán Nôm readings: tầm, tìm, tùm, chầm

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