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尋

尋 — sim

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
찾을 심
Romanization
sim
English
seek, search, look for; ancient
Mandarin
xún
Japanese on'yomi
ジン, シン
Japanese kun'yomi
たず.ねる ひろ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,398 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
寸 (41, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+5C0B

Korean example words with 尋

  • 심방尋訪 Korean gloss: 방문하여 찾아봄
  • 심상하다尋常 Korean gloss: 대수롭지 않고 흔하다
  • 심검당尋劍堂 Korean gloss: 절에서 승려들이 좌선하는 처소. ‘지혜의 칼을 찾는 곳’이라는 뜻이다
  • 추심원推尋員 Korean gloss: 어음, 수표, 배당금 따위의 대금을 받아 내기 위해 회사에서 고용한 사람
  • 심우도尋牛圖 Korean gloss: 십우를 그린 그림. 불가에서 인간이 자신의 본성을 찾아 수행하는 과정을 동자나 스님이 소를 찾아 길들이는 것에 비유하여 10단
  • 심구尋究 Korean gloss: 찾아서 밝힘.
  • 심문尋問 Korean gloss: 방문하여 찾아봄.
  • 심토尋討 Korean gloss: 깊이 살펴 찾음.
  • 침심侵尋 Korean gloss: 점점 앞으로 나아감.
  • 근심根尋 Korean gloss: 신원을 철저히 밝혀냄.
  • 심우도송尋牛圖頌 Korean gloss: ‘심우도’를 표현한 시
  • 심유尋幽 Korean gloss: 경치 좋은 곳을 물어 찾음.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 尋

  • 尋問じんもん questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
  • 尋ねるたずねる to ask; to enquire; to inquire
  • 尋常じんじょう common; ordinary; usual
  • 千尋せんじん great depth; bottomless; great height
  • 尋ね人たずねびと missing person; wanted person
  • 尋ひろ fathom
  • 万尋ばんじん 10000 fathoms; great depth; great height
  • 討尋とうじん minute investigation; thorough inquiry; thorough enquiry
  • 八尋やひろ great length; great size
  • 尋ぬたずぬ to ask; to enquire; to inquire
  • 審尋しんじん hearing; interrogation
  • 尋ねたずね question; inquiry; asking

Characters sharing the phonetic 尋

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “심” in Korean.

Other hanja read “심”

Other hanja with radical 寸

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