尋 – inquire, fathom, look for

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1398 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 尋 means inquire, fathom, look for. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジン (jin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たず.ねる、ひろ (tazuneru, hiro). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 寸 (no. 41).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジン	jin
Kun’yomi	たず.ねる	tazuneru
Kun’yomi	ひろ	hiro

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 寸 (Kangxi radical 41). Components: ヨ・口・工・寸.

Words using 尋

尋ねるたずねるto ask

Example sentences

私は彼にどこへ駐車したら良いか尋ねた。

I asked him where I should park my car.

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Kanji with the same radical

対導専将寺射封尊寿寸

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.