Where does “tìm hiểu” come from?

tìm hiểu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tìm, from Chinese 尋.

tìm hiểu (Vietnamese): to try to understand; to examine; to investigate; to study

Definitions

  1. to try to understand; to examine; to investigate; to study

Ancestry of “tìm hiểu”, step by step

tìm hiểu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tìm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetìmto search, to seek, to look for; to find
2Chinese尋—

via Vietnamese hiểu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehiểuto understand, to know
2Chinese曉—
Every word from Chinese 尋 →Every word from Vietnamese tìm →