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索 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

道
準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
サクさく · saku
Kun
—
Meaning
search; cord

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

With 糸 "cord": to feel one's way along a rope — to search, a cord.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサクさくsaku索引さくいん思索しさく鉄索てっさく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 検索けんさく

    search; retrieval

  • 模索もさく

    groping; fumbling

More words with this kanji

  • 詮索せんさく
  • 暗中摸索あんちゅうもさく
  • 索寞さくばく
  • 探索たんさく
  • 竹索ちくさく
  • 羂索けんじゃく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

図書(としょ)館(かん)で資料(しりょう)を検索(けんさく)した。

I searched for materials at the library.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

検索模索索検to exa…模model糾twist…紡spin紳gentle…累accumu…緒cord酢vinega…乍while作to mak…胙meat…削cut
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading サクAll maps

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