寻
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to search; to look for; to seek
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 寸 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 尋
- Common rank
- #1,254
- Unicode
- U+5BFB
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
seek · Heisig RSH #945
broom + glue
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 寻
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自寻死路 | to follow the path to one's own doom (idiom); to bring about one's own destruction | |
| 寻事生非 | to look for trouble | |
| 寻开心 | to make fun of; to seek diversion | |
| 追寻现代中国 | "The Search for Modern China" (1990) by Jonathan D. Spence 史景遷|史景迁[Shi3 Jing3 qian1] | |
| 不同寻常 | out of the ordinary; unusual | |
| 非同寻常 | (idiom) extraordinary | |
| 金毛寻回犬 | golden retriever | |
| 寻水术 | dowsing | |
| 非比寻常 | extraordinary | |
| 寻乌县 | Xunwu, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi | |
| 无迹可寻 | (idiom) to leave no trace; to have no detectable clues or signs | |
| 寻欢作乐 | pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation | |
| 寻机 | to look for an opportunity | |
| 寻花问柳 | lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom); fig. to frequent brothels; to sow one'… | |
| 寻花 | flower-viewing; to visit a prostitute | |
| 寻根问底 | lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth | |
| 寻出 | to find out; to search out; to uncover; to discover | |
| 寻甸回族彝族自治县 | Xundian Hui and Yi Autonomous County, in Kunming City 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 寻短见 | to commit suicide | |
| 寻呼机 | pager; beeper |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 寸 — compare how they read.