寻 xún
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 彐 — snout
- Made of
- 彐 snout 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
寻常
xúncháng
ordinary; common
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Example phrases
- 在寻常的家常菜背后，往往藏着一个地区的迁徙记忆。 Zài xúncháng de jiāchángcài bèihòu, wǎngwǎng cáng zhe yí ge dìqū de qiānxǐ jìyì. Behind ordinary home cooking there is often a region's memory of migration.
- 这不是一次寻常的旅行，它改变了我的想法。 Zhè bú shì yí cì xúncháng de lǚxíng, tā gǎibiàn le wǒ de xiǎngfǎ. This is not an ordinary journey; it changed the way I think.
- 在他看来，帮助邻居只是寻常的小事。 Zài tā kànlái, bāngzhù línjū zhǐshì xúncháng de xiǎoshì. In his view, helping the neighbours is just an everyday little thing.
Related words
- 寻找 xúnzhǎo to look for
- 寻求 xúnqiú to seek
- 耐人寻味 nàirénxúnwèi thought-provoking; intriguing
- 搜寻 sōuxún to search for; to look for
- 寻 xún to seek; to look for
- 寻觅 xúnmì to search for; to seek
- 常 cháng often
- 常常 chángcháng often, usually
- 非常 fēicháng very, extremely
- 常见 chángjiàn common
- 常用 chángyòng commonly used
- 经常 jīngcháng often