A name from a poem
千尋
Pinyin qiān xúnSimplified 千寻usually a girl’s name
Reach for a height measured in a thousand fathoms.
What’s wished for
A thousand-fathom tower on Feilai Peak — from Wang Anshi. In Japan the reading “Chihiro” is already loved. A name for someone who keeps reaching higher.
Where it comes from
飞来山上千寻塔
fēi lái shān shàng qiān xún tǎ
“On Feilai Peak a pagoda rises a thousand fathoms high;”
— Wang Anshi, “Climbing Feilai Peak” (登飞来峰)
About the two characters
- 千
- a thousand
- 尋
- an old measure of about eight feet
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