索 – cord, rope, searching

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1127 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 索 means cord, rope, searching, inquiring. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サク (saku). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サク	saku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・十・冖.

Words using 索

索引さくいんindex (in a book)捜索そうさくsearch (esp. for someone or something missing)模索もさくgroping (for)

Example sentences

その本には索引がついていますか。

Is there an index to the book?

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私たちは散開して森の中を捜索した。

We spread out and began to search through the woods.

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Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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