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Chinese symbol for “isolated”

索
suǒ
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact

The closest CC-CEDICT match for isolated is 索 (suǒ), defined as: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated.

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Characters and stroke order

索 suǒ
cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire
radical 120 ⽷ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “isolated”

WordPinyinMeaning
孤立gū lìto isolate; isolated
孤绝 (孤絕)gū juéisolated; solitary
隔绝 (隔絕)gé juéto cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world)
幽静 (幽靜)yōu jìngquiet; secluded

Related words

Other words that share a character with 索.

WordPinyinMeaning
探索tàn suǒto explore; to probe
搜索sōu suǒto search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
线索 (線索)xiàn suǒtrail; clues
检索 (檢索)jiǎn suǒto retrieve (data); to look up
思索sī suǒto think deeply; to ponder
索引suǒ yǐnindex

See also: Japanese symbol for “isolated”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.