Pronunciation: xún
Morphic sound character. Fish (鱼)表意,其古文字形体像条鱼;寻(寻xin )表声,寻 is an ancient unit of length, eight feet for a search, indicating that the large sturgeon is eight feet long. Sturgeon is simplified to sturgeon. The original meaning is sturgeon. Sturgeon, the body is fusiform, yellowish gray back, mouth small and pointed, back and abdomen with large hard scales. Lives in fresh water, some wintering in the sea.
Group words:
Sturgeon, sturgeon, Chinese sturgeon
Expanded Information
Evolution of Characters
Homophones:
1. Seek
Congruent. From Gongkou, from 又(彐)寸. (Original meaning: eight feet for seek) An ancient Chinese unit of length, eight feet for seek.
2, tour
Tour, is a Chinese word, the Hanyu Pinyin for xún, often used as a verb, refers to go everywhere, back and forth to view, tour has to view, inspect the meaning.
3, Lent
Lent is a Chinese character, pronounced xún, meaning ten days for a Lent (a month divided into three Lent); ten years for a Lent; Lent can also refer to the 12-year period, generally speaking, the big Lent or the small Lent refers to a generational cycle of 12 years.