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Kanji Detail for 索 - "rope, search, seek"

索

  • Meaning

    索 means "rope, search, seek."

    1. Rope - A thick cord.

    2. Search - To look for carefully.

    3. Demand - To ask for forcefully.

    4. Lonely - Isolated and alone.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cord; rope; searching; inquiring

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

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

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Rope. Small ones are called 繩. Large ones are called 索. Also 弦索. Refers to stringed instruments like the erhu. Like colloquially calling them strings. | Laws and standards. Such as in Zuo Zhuan "regulated by Zhou law," "regulated by Rong law," and such. | Scattered. Such as saying 離群索居. Meaning scattered and living alone. Seen in (Record of Rites). | Exhausted. Such as saying 悉索敝賦. Meaning all one has. Also meaning desolate and lonely. Such as saying 興味索然 (completely uninteresting). | To seek. Such as 搜索 (search), 索取 (demand). (Book of Changes) "The first seeking yields a son." Also this meaning.
  • Onyomitip

    saku(さく) さく

  • Kunyomitip

    moto.meru(もとめる) もとめる

    nawa(なわ) なわ

    saga.su(さがす) さがす

    tsuna(つな) つな

  • Strokestip

    10 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords
    rope search cord cable line wire seek look for investigate explore demand request require lonely solitary isolated desolate exhausted depleted

Sentences including 索

  • He lost himself in thought.

  • Is there an index to the book?

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