讯
(bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question; (bound form) news; information
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Dict coverage rank #1,280 U+8BAF
How 讯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 卂 (phonetic, xùn)
components: 讠 卂
How to remember it
interrogate · Heisig RSH #1656
words + crochet needles
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卂
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卂 (xùn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卂 sound component | xùn | to fly rapidly |
| 汛 | xùn | high water, flood tides |
Words containing 讯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通讯自动化 | tōng xùn zì dòng huà | communications automation |
| 美国联合通讯社 | Měi guó Lián hé Tōng xùn shè | Associated Press (AP); abbr. to 美聯社|美联社[Mei3 Lian2 she4] |
| 国际文传电讯社 | Guó jì Wén chuán Diàn xùn shè | Interfax, Russian non-governmental news agency |
| 英国电讯公司 | Yīng guó Diàn xùn Gōng sī | British telecom; BT |
| 国际文传通讯社 | Guó jì wén chuán tōng xùn shè | Interfax News Agency |
| 通讯作者 | tōng xùn zuò zhě | corresponding author (of an academic paper) |
| 中复电讯 | Zhōng fù Diàn xùn | Zoomflight Telecom (Chinese company) |
| 全球资讯网 | Quán qiú Zī xùn wǎng | (Tw) World Wide Web |
| 美国资讯交换标准码 | Měi guó zī xùn jiāo huàn biāo zhǔn mǎ | ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| 通讯院士 | tōng xùn yuàn shì | corresponding member (of an academy); junior academician |
| 通讯卫星 | tōng xùn wèi xīng | communications satellite |
| 韩国联合通讯社 | Hán guó Lián hé Tōng xùn shè | Yonghap (South Korean news agency) |
| 资讯工程 | zī xùn gōng chéng | information engineering (Tw) |
| 通讯员 | tōng xùn yuán | correspondent; reporter; messenger boy |
| 约定资讯速率 | yuē dìng zī xùn sù lǜ | committed information rate (Frame Relay); CIR |
| 通讯系统 | tōng xùn xì tǒng | communication system |
| 近场通讯 | jìn chǎng tōng xùn | (Tw) (computing) near-field communication (NFC) |
| 通讯处 | tōng xùn chù | contact address |
| 通讯协定 | tōng xùn xié dìng | (Tw) (computing) communication protocol |
| 近距离无线通讯 | jìn jù lí wú xiàn tōng xùn | (computing) near-field communication (NFC) |