xún

inquire into

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

旬 sound component

  Sound component

xún

  

ten-day period

Evolution

询 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
询 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
询 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
询 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
询 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

xún

inquire into, ask about; consult; to ask about; to inquire about

Most common words with 询
Freq.
Word
Meaning

咨询

to consult

询问

to inquire

查询

to check

to ask about

质询

to question

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 15.8257% of movies

1729th most common character in movies

1617th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+8BE2


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