xùn

(same as ancient form of 訊) to ask

Evolution

䛜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
䛜 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
䛜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
䛜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

xùn

(same as ancient form of ) to ask; to inquire; to question, information; news

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+46DC

Shuowen

“訊,問也。从言,卂聲。,古文訊从卥。”


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