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U+5C0B, 尋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C0B

[U+5C0A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5C0C]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 41, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸一一口戈 (SMMRI), four-corner 17346, composition 𫜹(GJV) or (HTK))

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): two hands (now and ) stretched out measuring a mat (now ) – "a unit of measurement; arm span". The component (“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 (OC *sroːm, *slom) as the sound component.

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp.
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[edit]


Note: xín - dialectal and vernacular, in words such as 尋思 and 尋死.
Note:
  • siâm - vernacular;
  • sîm - literary.
  • Wu

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /ɕyn³⁵/
    /ɕin³⁵/
    Harbin /ɕyn²⁴/ ~找
    /ɕin²⁴/ ~思
    Tianjin /ɕin⁴⁵/
    /ɕyn⁴⁵/
    Jinan /ɕyẽ⁴²/
    Qingdao /syə̃⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /syn⁴²/
    Xi'an /ɕiẽ²⁴/
    Xining /ɕiə̃²⁴/
    Yinchuan /ɕyŋ⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ɕỹn⁵³/
    Ürümqi /ɕyŋ⁵¹/
    Wuhan /ɕin²¹³/
    Chengdu /ɕyn³¹/
    Guiyang /ɕin²¹/
    Kunming /ɕĩ¹/
    Nanjing /t͡sʰin²⁴/
    /sin²⁴/
    /syn²⁴/
    Hefei /ɕin⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ¹¹/
    Pingyao /ɕiŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /ɕĩŋ³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ʑiŋ²³/
    Suzhou /zin¹³/
    Hangzhou /d͡ʑin²¹³/
    Wenzhou /zaŋ³¹/
    Hui Shexian /t͡sʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sin¹³/
    Xiangtan /d͡zin¹²/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰin²⁴/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰim¹¹/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰim¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
    Nanning /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
    Hong Kong /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /sim³⁵/
    /siam³⁵/ 量词
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /siŋ⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡seiŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰim⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /sim³¹/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (17)
    Final () (139)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter zim
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ziɪm/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /zim/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /zjem/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /zim/
    Li
    Rong
    /ziəm/
    Wang
    Li
    /zĭĕm/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /zi̯əm/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    xín
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    cam4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14127
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    3
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ljum/
    Notes

    Definitions[edit]

    1. to seek; to search; to look for
      啥人 [Shanghainese, trad.]
      啥人 [Shanghainese, simp.]
      1ue 6non 6zhin 5sa-gnin [Wugniu]
      Hello, who are you looking for?
    2. an ancient unit of length equivalent to eight chis; arm span
    3. (literary) soon; before long
    4. a surname
    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • Vietnamese: tìm

    Etymology 2[edit]

    trad.
    simp.
    alternative forms

    See 尋日寻日.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    1. (Cantonese) yesterday

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai
    Kyūjitai
    [1]

    尋󠄁
    +&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    尋󠄃
    +&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    See here for details.

    Kanji[edit]

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. fathom

    Readings[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eum (sim))

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

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

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