尋

Glyph origin

 * two hands (now 彐 and 寸 ) stretched out measuring a mat (now 工) – "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, but forms without it have also appeared as late as the.

Appears as in the Shuowen Jiezi, which interprets the character as  with  as the sound component.

Etymology 1

 * unit of length; arm span
 * From (STEDT). Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.


 * to seek; to search
 * Attested since the Eastern Han dynasty.

Definitions

 * 1) to seek; to search; to look for
 * 2) ; arm span
 * 3)  soon; before long
 * 1) ; arm span
 * 2)  soon; before long
 * 1)  soon; before long

Etymology 2
See.

Definitions

 * 1)  yesterday

Kanji

 * 1) fathom