xún
seek
Original meaning:
measure of length
Simplified form of 尋. Pictograph of two outstretched arms measuring length. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernSources