shēn

inquire

Evolution

詵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

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shēn

inquire, question; numerous; to inform; to inquire

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*srər

srin

shēn

numerous


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4571st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

Unicode

U+8A75

Shuowen

“詵,致言也。从言,从先,先亦聲。《詩》曰:‘螽斯羽詵詵兮。’”


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