Taxonomy of meanings for 尋:　　

  • 尋 xún (OC: ljum MC: zim) 徐林切 平 廣韻：【同尋出説文 】
  • 尋 xún (OC: ljum MC: zim) 徐林切 平 廣韻：【長也又尋常六尺曰尋倍尋曰常山海經曰尋木長千里生河邊又姓晉有尋曾字子貢徐林切十六 】
    • SEEK
      • vt(oN)seek for the contextually relevant things
      • vtoNlook for (a thing); seek to obtain
      • vtoNN=humanlook for (a person)
      • vt+prep+Nseek after, pursueCH
      • for use>DEPLOY
        • vtoNdeploy (an army)
      • for punishment>ATTACK
        • abstract>INVESTIGATE
          • FOLLOW
              • CONTINUE
                • vtoNto continue; to renew; to confirm
                • LONG
                    • causatie>STRETCH
                      • LENGTH MEASURES
                        • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-NclassifierHF 8.8.25f: one span of the hand; 184.8 cm., equals eight chǐ 尺
                    • at intervals>OFTEN
                  • grammaticalised>IMMEDIATELY
                    • vadVimmediately
                    • relational>THEREUPON
                      • VPadS1.postS2soon afterwards, not long after
                      • VPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}:postSimmediately afterwards
                  • renew>REPEAT
                    • vtoNZUO: renew (an alliance)

              Additional information about 尋

              說文解字:

                Criteria
              • SEEK

                1. The current general word for trying to find or get something is qiú 求.

                2. Suǒ 索 refers to an attempt to get hold of what is hard to find or trying to escape.

                3. Sōu 搜 refers to the conduct of a searching campaign of some size, typically for a person.

                4. Gān 干 refers to the abstract pursuit of aims in life.

                5. Móu 牟 refers to concerted action to insure the supply of necessities or conveniences, both concrete and abstract.

                6. Zhēng 爭 is to make a strenuous competitive effort to get something.

                NB: Xún 尋 is apparently post-Buddhist.

              • REPEAT

                1. The current word for repetition is fù 復.

                2. Xún 尋 occasionally refers to the reverting to a former state, or to seeking to renew that former state, typically an alliance méng 盟.

                3. Zài 再 is primarily to do something twice, but the word can also refer to an action being performed for a second time.