索

seek; cord; rope; searching; inquiring

10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1127.

Readings

• サク (on reading): 検索 (けんさく) looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); 探索 (たんさく) search

Components

• 十
• 冖
• 糸
• 冖 radical cover
• 十 radical ten
• 小 radical small
• 幺 radical short thread
• 糸 radical thread

Words using 索

• 検索 (けんさく) looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
• 探索 (たんさく) search
• 捜索 (そうさく) search (esp. for someone or something missing)
• 模索 (もさく) groping (for)
• 検索エンジン (けんさくエンジン) search engine
• 不空羂索観音 (ふくうけんじゃくかんのん) Amoghapasa (manifestation of Kannon)
• 索 (ソー) counter for bamboo tiles

176 words in all.

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