尋

尋 — inquire, fathom, look for

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 12
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1398 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: じん jin
Kun'yomi: たず.ねる tazu.neru

ひろ hiro

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 尋

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

尋ねるたずねる to ask JLPT N4