xún

steep bank by stream

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
xún, xín seek

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangljum
Unicodezim

說文解字

㫄深也。从水尋聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xún, yín steep bank by stream Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
xún, xín seek

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode