to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient
Pictograph of two outstretched arms measuring length. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
《說文》：“尋，繹理也。从工，从口，从又，从寸。工、口，亂也；又、寸，分理之。彡聲。此與同意。度人之兩臂為尋，八尺也。”
measure of length