漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
索: cord, rope
Also: searching, inquiring
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
十 and 糸 carry the meaning · 冖 is drawn in
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
サクsaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 捜索そうさく
- 模索もさくgroping (for); fumbling around (for)
- 検索けんさく
- 索引さくいんindex (in a book)
- 検索条件けんさくじょうけんsearch criteria
- 思索しさくspeculation; thinking; meditation
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side索 cord · 十 + 冖
vs紺 dark blue · 甘In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · suǒ
Same form: 索 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 索 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 索 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin suǒ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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