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尋

简寻 · 繁尋

Mandarin · pinyin xún

to search
to look for
to seek

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尋: Look up this written character
寻: xún · seek, search, look for; ancient

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cam4

Cantonese word readings for 尋. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to seek; to search; to look for
an ancient unit of length equivalent to eight chis; arm span
(literary) soon; before long (of a time frame)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) yesterday

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