The kanji 尋: meaning, readings and stroke order

尋

Meaning: ask, look for
On reading: ジン jin
Kun reading: たず（ねる） tazuneru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 寸 thumb, inch
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hỏi, tìm (tầm)
Japanese: たずねる。きく。さがす。
Korean: 묻다, 찾다 (심)
Chinese: 询问、寻找 (寻)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジン jin · on reading · less common

尋じん常じょう
normal, ordinary
尋じん常じょうではない暑さです。
This heat is not normal.

たず（ねる） tazuneru · kun reading

尋たずねる
to ask
道を人に 尋たずねます。
I ask someone for directions.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.