索 — kanji meaning “cord”
索
cord, rope, searching, inquiring
- Meanings
- cord, rope, searching, inquiring
- On'yomi
- サク (saku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1127 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- suǒ — Chinese character page
Words with 索
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捜索 | そうさく sousaku | search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt |
| 検索 | けんさく kensaku | looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information) |
| 探索 | たんさく tansaku | search; lookup; hunt |
| 模索 | もさく mosaku | groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.) |
| 索引 | さくいん sakuin | index (in a book) |
| 思索 | しさく shisaku | speculation; thinking; meditation |
| 索敵 | さくてき sakuteki | searching for the enemy |
| 詮索 | せんさく sensaku | inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into) |
| 鋼索 | こうさく kousaku | steel cable; steel wire rope |
| 暗中模索 | あんちゅうもさく anchuumosaku | groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues |
| 脊索 | せきさく sekisaku | notochord (rudimentary spinal cord) |
| 索具 | さくぐ sakugu | rigging; gear; tackle |
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