XUN-4

('xun' in the fourth tone)

Some 45 standard :hinese characters are spoken as 'xun'. Common soun.d-defining components of more complicated characters include: 旬 (10 occurances), 寻 (7), 熏 (6)

讯 = to inquire, information, news

资讯 = zi(1)xun(4) = information, news (used by both Yahoo and Google for their news pages in Chinese)

资 = zi(1) = ingtelligence (the work of secret services), to subsidize, fund