Two-stroke speech radical on the left, side form of 言. 询 means to inquire or consult — to seek information by asking. The radical anchors it in the speech-act family with 说 to speak, 问 to ask, 议 to discuss, 译 to translate, 谈 to chat.
Right side 旬 supplies the sound — xún read straight across. Same phonetic appears in 巡 to patrol, 殉 to die for, 荀 a herb and surname, 徇 to comply — a tight xun family worth learning together. The ten-day-cycle meaning of 旬 has no semantic role here.
