讯 (xùn) — (bound form) news, message, dispatch; (bound form) to interrogate, question
Definition
讯 (xùn) is a bound form: it never stands alone. It appears in 通讯 ('communications'), 审讯 ('to interrogate'), and 讯息 ('message, information').
bound form
newsmessagedispatchto interrogatequestion
Easily confused
- 汛xùnlook-alikeseasonal flood; high water (used in compounds)
- 逊xùnsound-alike(bound form) to abdicate (used in 逊位)
- 驯xùnsound-aliketo tame (an animal or one's temper)
- 训xùnsound-aliketo train, to drill (skills, often physically)
- 殉xùnsound-alike(bound form) to die for a cause, such as duty or love
- 迅xùnsound-alikefast; quick (bound form, used in compound words)
Examples
- 。Xiàn dài tōng xùn jì shù fā zhǎn hěn kuài.Modern communication technology develops very quickly.
- 。Jǐng fāng zhèng zài shěn xùn fàn zuì xián yí rén.The police are interrogating the criminal suspect.
- ，。Zhè tiáo xùn xī hěn zhòng yào, nǐ jì yí xià.This piece of news is very important; write it down.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 訊; 讯 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
卂
卂xùn訊xùn
Same sound today
The traditional form 訊 combines 言 (words) with 卂 as a sound part; the simplified 讯 is a shorthand.
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