# 尋

| 尋 | U+5C0B, &#23563; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C0B |
| ← 尊 [U+5C0A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 尌 → [U+5C0C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

尋 (Kangxi radical 41, 寸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸一一口戈 (SMMRI), four-corner 1734$_6$, composition ⿳𫜹⿰工口寸(GJV) or ⿳⺕⿰工口寸(HTK))

#### Derived characters

* 𠎅, 噚, 𡑎, 㜦, 𡼢, 𢒫, 憳, 撏, 潯, 𨼔, 攳, 𣎟, 樳, 燖, 𤛧, 璕, 𦠅, 𥖇, 𥢛, 襑, 𦅀, 蟳, 𧫿, 鐞, 𪿃, 鱘
* 𠟢, 鄩, 𢿼, 䫮, 彠, 蕁, 𥳍

#### References

* 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
### Glyph origin

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 |
| | 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
#### 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

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xún, xín (xun$^2$, xin$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ, ㄒㄧㄣˊ
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): cín
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cam$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhìm / khîm
    (Hailu, HRS): cim
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qim$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sìng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing$^2$ / sing$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siâm / sîm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cim$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$zhin / $^2$zin / $^2$jin
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xún
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syún
*** Wade–Giles: hsün$^2$
*** Yale: syún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyun
*** Palladius: сюнь (sjunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyn³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xín
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sín
*** Wade–Giles: hsin$^2$
*** Yale: syín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyn
*** Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕin³⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: cín
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰĩ²⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cam$^4$
*** Yale: chàhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìm / khîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: qim$^ˇ$ / kim$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qim$^2$ / kim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹/, /kʰim²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: cim
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰim¹¹/
* Sixian:
** chhìm - "to look for" ;
** khîm - "arm span".
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit尋 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕyn³⁵/ /ɕin³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕyn²⁴/ ～找 /ɕin²⁴/ ～思 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕin⁴⁵/ /ɕyn⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕyẽ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /syə̃⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /syn⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕiẽ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕiə̃²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕyŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕỹn⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕyŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕin²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕyn³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕin²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕĩ¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡sʰin²⁴/ /sin²⁴/ /syn²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiəŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕiŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕĩŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑiŋ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zin¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡ʑin²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zaŋ³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰin⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sin¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /d͡zin¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰin²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰim¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰim¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰɐm²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰɐm²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰɐm²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sim³⁵/ /siam³⁵/ 量词 |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /siŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡seiŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰim⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sim³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: zim
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 | cam$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə-l[ə]m/, /*sə-l[ə]m/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljum/
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

尋
* to seek; to search; to look for
       $^1$ue $^6$non $^6$zhin $^5$sa-gnin [Wugniu]
       Hello, who are you looking for?
    From: 760 CE, 杜甫 (Du Fu), 蜀相 (Shu's minister); translated by Stephen Owen
    Chéngxiàng cítáng héchù xún, Jǐnguānchéng wài bǎi sēnsēn. [Pinyin]
    The shrine hall to the Minister, where can it be found? —outside the walls of Brocade City, where the cypress tree stands dense.
* an ancient unit of length equivalent to eight chis; arm span
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Cúlái zhī sōng, Xīnfǔ zhī bǎi. Shì duàn shì dù, shì xún shì chǐ. [Pinyin]
    The pines of Cu-lai, and the cypresses of Xin-fu, were cut down and measured, with the cubit line and the eight cubits line.
* (literary) soon; before long (of a time frame)
    From: The Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源記), by Tao Yuanming, 421 (Wiktionary translation)
    Nányáng Liú Zǐjì, gāoshàng shì yě, wén zhī, xīnrán qīn wǎng. Wèiguǒ, xún bìng zhōng. [Pinyin]
    Liu Ziji of Nanyang was a noble scholar who heard of this, and joyously set out for it, but to no avail; he died of illness shortly afterwards.
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 求, 尋, 覓$_1$ |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 找, 尋找, 尋覓 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 找 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 找 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 找 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 尋, 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 找, 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 尋, 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 找, 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 找, 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 找 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 找 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 找, 尋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 找, 尋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 尾 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 找 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 找 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 尋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Macau | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 搵$_2$, 搵$_3$ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 搵$_2$, 搵$_3$ |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 尋, 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 尋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 搵$_2$ |
| Gan | Nanchang | 尋, 找 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 尋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 尋 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 尋 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 搵$_2$ |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 尋 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 尋 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 尋 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Changting | 尋 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 尋 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 尋 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 尋 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尋 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 尋 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 尋 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 尋 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 尋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 尋 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 搵$_2$, 跟 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 搵$_2$ |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 跟 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 尋 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 尋 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 尋 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尋 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 尋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 尋, 找 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 找, 尋 |
| Jin | Datong | 尋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 尋 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 尋 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 找, 尋 |
| Jin | Linhe | 找, 尋 |
| Jin | Jining | 找 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 找, 尋 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 找 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 找 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 找 |
| Jin | Handan | 找 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 找 |
| Jin | Suide | 尋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 撈 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 撈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 討, 尋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 討 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 討 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 討 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 討, 撈 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 撈 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 尋 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 撈 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 揣 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 討 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 討 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 揣, 覓$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 揣, 覓$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 揣, 覓$_1$ |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 揣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 揣 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 覓$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 覓$_3$, 揣 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 覓$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 覓$_3$ |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 揣 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 撈 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 撈 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 撈 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 搵$_2$ |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 搵$_2$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 尋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 尋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 尋 |
| Wu | Taicang | 尋 |
| Wu | Qidong | 尋 |
| Wu | Haimen (Sijia) | 尋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 尋 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 找 |
| Wu | Huzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Xiaoshan) | 尋 |
| Wu | Tonglu (Wusheng) | 尋 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 尋 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尋 |
| Wu | Cixi | 尋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 尋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 尋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 尋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 尋 |

#### Compounds

* 不尋俗 / 不寻俗
* 不尋常 / 不寻常
* 不比尋常 / 不比寻常
* 不犯尋思 / 不犯寻思
* 侵尋 / 侵寻 (qīnxún)
* 出乎尋常 / 出乎寻常
* 千尋 / 千寻
* 問柳尋花 / 问柳寻花
* 尋事 / 寻事
* 尋事生非 / 寻事生非 (xúnshìshēngfēi)
* 尋人啟事 / 寻人启事 (xúnrén qǐshì)
* 尋仇 / 寻仇
* 尋俗 / 寻俗
* 尋取 / 寻取 (xúnqǔ)
* 尋味 / 寻味 (xúnwèi)
* 尋尋覓覓 / 寻寻觅觅 (xúnxúnmìmì)
* 尋尺 / 寻尺
* 尋山問水 / 寻山问水
* 尋常 / 寻常 (xúncháng)
* 尋幽 / 寻幽
* 尋幽訪勝 / 寻幽访胜
* 尋引 / 寻引
* 尋思 / 寻思
* 尋找 / 寻找 (xúnzhǎo)
* 尋摸 / 寻摸 (xúnmō)
* 尋是尋非 / 寻是寻非
* 尋村轉疃 / 寻村转疃
* 尋查 / 寻查 (xúnchá)
* 尋根 / 寻根 (xúngēn)
* 尋根問底 / 寻根问底
* 尋根究底 / 寻根究底 (xúngēnjiūdǐ)
* 尋樂 / 寻乐
* 尋歡 / 寻欢 (xúnhuān)
* 尋歡作樂 / 寻欢作乐 (xúnhuānzuòlè)
* 尋死 / 寻死
* 尋死覓活 / 寻死觅活 (xúnsǐmìhuó)
* 尋求 / 寻求 (xúnqiú)
* 尋獲 / 寻获 (xúnhuò)
* 尋瑕索瘢 / 寻瑕索瘢
* 尋由頭兒 / 寻由头儿
* 尋短見 / 寻短见 (xúnduǎnjiàn)
* 尋究 / 寻究
* 尋綽 / 寻绰
* 尋繹 / 寻绎
* 尋芳 / 寻芳 (xúnfāng)
* 尋花問柳 / 寻花问柳 (xúnhuāwènliǔ)
* 尋芳問柳 / 寻芳问柳 (xúnfāngwènliǔ)
* 尋行數墨 / 寻行数墨
* 尋行逐隊 / 寻行逐队
* 尋覓 / 寻觅 (xúnmì)
* 尋親記 / 寻亲记
* 尋討 / 寻讨
* 尋訪 / 寻访 (xúnfǎng)
* 尋趁 / 寻趁
* 尋蹤覓跡 / 寻踪觅迹
* 尋道路 / 寻道路
* 尋釁 / 寻衅 (xúnxìn)
* 尋錢 / 寻钱
* 尋開心 / 寻开心 (xúnkāixīn)
* 尋章摘句 / 寻章摘句 (xúnzhāngzhāijù)
* 尋頭討腦 / 寻头讨脑
* 尋香 / 寻香
* 尋鬧 / 寻闹
* 弔古尋幽 / 吊古寻幽
* 憂尋 / 忧寻
* 抓尋 / 抓寻
* 找尋 / 找寻 (zhǎoxún)
* 拔樹尋根 / 拔树寻根
* 探尋 / 探寻 (tànxún)
* 推尋 / 推寻
* 探尋勝跡 / 探寻胜迹
* 搜尋 / 搜寻 (sōuxún)
* 搜尋引擎 / 搜寻引擎 (sōuxún yǐnqíng)
* 摘句尋章 / 摘句寻章 (zhāijùxúnzhāng)
* 撥草尋蛇 / 拨草寻蛇
* 東尋西覓 / 东寻西觅
* 枉尺直尋 / 枉尺直寻
* 查尋 / 查寻 (cháxún)
* 根尋 / 根寻
* 洗垢尋痕 / 洗垢寻痕
* 無跡可尋 / 无迹可寻
* 爪尋 / 爪寻
* 異乎尋常 / 异乎寻常 (yìhūxúncháng)
* 相尋 / 相寻
* 窮根尋葉 / 穷根寻叶
* 索垢尋疵 / 索垢寻疵
* 網路搜尋 / 网路搜寻
* 耐人尋味 / 耐人寻味 (nàirénxúnwèi)
* 肚裡尋思 / 肚里寻思
* 自動尋線 / 自动寻线
* 自尋煩惱 / 自寻烦恼
* 自尋短見 / 自寻短见 (zìxúnduǎnjiàn)
* 英尋 / 英寻 (yīngxún)
* 覆蕉尋鹿 / 覆蕉寻鹿
* 覆鹿尋蕉 / 覆鹿寻蕉
* 覓柳尋花 / 觅柳寻花
* 覓死尋活 / 觅死寻活
* 訪古尋幽 / 访古寻幽
* 訪尋 / 访寻
* 踏雪尋梅 / 踏雪寻梅
* 追尋 / 追寻 (zhuīxún)
* 非同尋常 / 非同寻常
* 非比尋常 / 非比寻常
* 駸尋 / 骎寻
* 騎馬尋馬 / 骑马寻马

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: tìm

#### References

* “尋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

### Etymology 2

See 尋日／寻日.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): cam$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cam$^4$
*** Yale: chàhm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cem$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐm²¹/

#### Definitions

尋
* (Cantonese) yesterday

#### Compounds

* 尋日 / 寻日
* 尋晚 / 寻晚

## Japanese

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

(Jōyō kanji)
* fathom

#### Readings

* Go-on: じん (jin, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しん (shin)
* Kun: たずねる (tazuneru, 尋ねる, Jōyō)、あたためる (atatameru, 尋める)、ついで (tsuide, 尋いで)、ひろ (hiro, 尋)
* Nanori: ちか (chika)、つね (tsune)、のり (nori)、ひつ (hitsu)、ひろ (hiro)、ひろし (hiroshi)、みつ (mitsu)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 尋
* ひろ Grade: S
* kun'yomi

#### Noun

尋(ひろ) • (hiro)
* fathom, a unit of measure customarily between four and a half and six 尺 (shaku) in length; used to measure cloth, thread, fishing line, as well as the depth of the sea. In the matter of water depth it is regulated as six 尺 (shaku)

##### Derived terms

* 千尋(ちひろ) (chihiro)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 尋
* じん Grade: S
* goon

#### Noun

尋(じん) • (jin)
* fathom, a unit of measure six 尺 (shaku) in length

##### Derived terms

* 千尋(せんじん) (senjin)

### References

* ↑ “尋”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

尋 (eum 심 (sim))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

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