索 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

cord, rope, searching, inquiring

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サクJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音suo3
  • 한글sag
  • 한글saeg
  • Hán-ViệtTác
  • Hán-ViệtSách

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7D22

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳十冖糸

Words using this kanji

  • 索引さくいん書物に載っている語句などを、その所在ページへ容易にたどり着けるようにする為の一覧表。 引っ張ること。index (in a book)
  • さく(サク)縄。綱。rope, cord
  • ソー(サク)縄。綱。counter for bamboo tiles
  • 索具さくぐrigging, gear, tackle
  • 索条さくじょうワイヤロープのこと。cable, rope
  • 索然さくぜんboring, dull, dry
  • 索敵さくてきsearching for the enemy
  • 索道さくどう空中に渡した鋼鉄製のロープにより人や荷物などを運搬する設備のこと。ロープウェイ。cableway, ropeway, aerial lift, cable car
  • 索莫さくばく「索漠」の別表記。dreary, bleak, desolate
  • 索子ソーズ「ソウズ」を参照。bamboo tiles
  • 索餌さくじforaging, feeding
  • 索梯さくていrope ladder, jack ladder
  • 索餅さくべいsakubei
  • 索痕さっこんligature mark, constriction mark, strangulation mark
  • 索溝さくこうligature mark, constriction mark, strangulation groove
  • 索引語さくいんごindexing term
  • 索条痕さくじょうこんstrangulation mark
  • 索条鉄道さくじょうてつどうcable railway
  • 索引言語さくいんげんごindexing language
  • 索引作業さくいんさぎょうindexing

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(177 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-6
Four Corner
4090.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2k8.2
Heisig
1465
Nelson
782