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尋ねる

たずねる

to inquire, to search for

Mnemonic

Both hands out and a mouth going, groping after a thing you cannot see. Ta たず, nay ねる, and she stopped a stranger and asked the way: たずねる.

Worth knowing

聞く きく is asking a question. 尋ねる is going looking for the answer, and it is the formal one.

Built from

inquire, seek
A hand at the top and another at the bottom with a mouth in between, feeling about for something and asking after it.

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