to search / to look for / to seek

= + : 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

a unit of length / inch / thumb

= + + : 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".
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

Mnemonic symbol: the character 彐 looks a bit like a pig snout seen from the side. If you need to type it, remember its pronunciation ji4 by imagining Joan of Arc wearing a fake pig snout in the space station's bathroom and making grunting and squealing sounds.

Characters with 寻 as component

name of a river / steep bank
used in 蕁麻|荨麻[qian2 ma2] / also pr. [xun2]
nettle
sturgeon / Acipenser sturio
see 武士彠|武士彟[Wu3 Shi4 huo4] / old variant of 蒦[huo4]
to pull out (esp. hair or feathers) / to pick / to pluck / fig. to extract (lines from a text)

Words with 寻

pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
to bring trouble on oneself (idiom)
to inquire after / to look for (sb)

Sentences with 寻

寻 currently does not appear in any sentence.