You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Xun Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 1156, Entry 20 Pronounced xun Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To plan or consult. Yupian (Jade Chapters): To ask or consult. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Consult on affairs and examine the words. Book of Odes (Shijing): Everywhere I consult and ask for advice. Commentary: Consultations with relatives are called xun. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan): To consult with relatives is called xun. Also, Erya (Approaching Elegance): To trust. Note: In the states of Song and Wei, it is called xun. Sub-commentary: According to the Fangyan (Regional Speech), between the regions of Song, Wei, Ru, and Ying, it is called xun. In the Zheng Odes (Zheng Feng), it is said: xun is large and joyful. The sounds and meanings of xun and xun are the same. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Sometimes written as a variant form. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Sometimes written as a variant form. Zihui Bu (Supplement to the Collection of Characters): Erroneously written as a variant form.