寻

xún = xu + (e)n2

to search / to look for / to seek

寻 = 寸 + 彐 : Mnemonic symbol: a dowsing rod 寻水术. Not to be confused with 丫!

Xu Xian (xu) built a new dowsing rod (寻) which he tests just inside the Erechtheion's entrance ((e)n2). He prepared a huge pig snout (彐) of which he filled one nostril with water and one with wine. To his satisfaction, the dowsing rod reacts only to the wine, so he thumbs up (寸) satisfied. He'll go and search (寻) more wine with it immediately.

寻 character breakdown

寻
- 寸
  - 一
  - 丶
  - 亅
- 彐
  - 二
    - 一

cùn = cu + (e)n4

a unit of length / inch / thumb

寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".

jì = ji + Ø4

pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

彐 = ㇕ + 二 : Joan of Arc wears a fake pig snout in the space station's bathroom and makes grunting and squealing sounds.

Characters with 寻 as component

xún = xu + (e)n2

name of a river / steep bank

qián = qi + an2

used in 蕁麻|荨麻[qian2 ma2] / also pr. [xun2]

xún = xu + (e)n2

nettle

xún = xu + (e)n2

sturgeon / Acipenser sturio

huò = hu + o4

see 武士彠|武士彟[Wu3 Shi4 huo4] / old variant of 蒦[huo4]

xián = xi + an2

to pull out (esp. hair or feathers) / to pick / to pluck / fig. to extract (lines from a text)

Words with 寻

out of the ordinary / unusual

addressable (computing) / accessible via an address

Cluedo (board game)

to look for trouble

to carry out a vendetta against sb

(math.) derived category

to find out / to search out / to uncover / to discover

to think sth over

to inquire

retriever

to address / to search for address / to input data into memory

treasure hunt

to look for / to explore / to probe

lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

see 追根溯源[zhui1 gen1 su4 yuan2]

to look for an opportunity

to seek pleasure (esp. sexual)

dowsing

Xunwu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi

Xunwu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi

Sentences with 寻

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