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cháxún

to look up; to ask about

A person asking for information
Memory picture

Characters in this word

查 chá

Strokes
9
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 旦 dawn

询 xún

Strokes
8
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 旬 ten-day period
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 询

Example phrases

  • 我查询车票。 Wǒ chá xún chē piào. I look up train tickets.
  • 他查询地址。 Tā chá xún dì zhǐ. He checks the address.
  • 请查询时间。 Qǐng chá xún shí jiān. Please look up the time.

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