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Keyword
inquire
  • fathom
  • look for
Frequency
#1398
Strokes
12
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1228
Readings
ジン50%
たず50%
Mnemonic
A construction worker shoves a broken trident a few centimeters from your mouth and growls "Who snapped this?", determined to inquire until somebody confesses.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
尋じん問もん
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
Noun
尋じん常じょう
common; ordinary; usual; average; normal; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; honorable; frank; open; …
Na-adjective
尋たずねる
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
Ichidan verb
千せん尋じん
great depth; bottomless; great height
Noun
尋たずね
question; inquiry; asking
Noun
お尋たずね
inquiry; enquiry; question; asking; searching; looking for
Noun
尋ひろ
fathom
Noun
尋たずね人びと
missing person; wanted person
Noun
お尋たずね者もの
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
Noun
八や尋ひろ
great length; great size
Noun