Chinese Character Wiki
索

suǒ

large rope

Pictograph of two hands (廾) twisting together a long rope (糸). The meaning later expanded to "search" and "demand".

Components
廾 iconic component

廾  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Depicts two hands twisting a rope.

糸 iconic component

糸  Iconic component

mì

  

silk

Evolution

索 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
索 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
索 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
索 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
索 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

索  

suǒ

large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated; to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope

索  

Suǒ

surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suǒ​mǎ​lǐ], Somalia

Most common words with 索
Freq.
Word
Meaning

线索

trail

搜索

to search (a place)

探索

to explore

索

to search

索尼

Sony

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

嗦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ˤak

sak

suǒ

twist a rope

*[s]ˤak

sak

suǒ

search (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 44.4978% of movies

709th most common character in movies

805th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+7D22

Shuowen

“索，艸有莖葉可作繩索。从糸。杜林說：，亦朱字。”


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