索
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #539 U+7D22
How 索 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A rope 糸 hanging from the ceiling 冖
How to remember it
large rope · Heisig RSH #2423
chapel + floss
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 索 as their sound component
These characters all use 索 (suǒ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 索 sound component | suǒ | cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire |
| 嗦 | suō | to suck |
Words containing 索
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 利马索尔 | Lì mǎ suǒ ěr | Limassol, Cyprus; Lemesos |
| 索马利亚 | Suǒ mǎ lì yà | (Tw) Somalia |
| 南高加索 | Nán Gāo jiā suǒ | Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus |
| 外高加索 | Wài Gāo jiā suǒ | Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus |
| 美索不达米亚 | Měi suǒ bù dá mǐ yà | Mesopotamia |
| 索福克里斯 | Suǒ fú kè lǐ sī | Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek playwright |
| 索马里 | Suǒ mǎ lǐ | Somalia |
| 索罗斯 | Suǒ luó sī | Soros (name); George Soros or György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian American financial specul… |
| 加索尔 | Jiā suǒ ěr | Gasol (name); Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA); Marc… |
| 布基纳法索 | Bù jī nà fǎ suǒ | Burkina Faso |
| 布拉索夫 | Bù lā suǒ fū | Braşov, Romania |
| 索里亚 | Suǒ lǐ yà | Soria, Spain |
| 高加索 | Gāo jiā suǒ | Caucasus; Caucasian |
| 索罗门 | Suǒ luó mén | Solomon (name); Solomon (Islands) |
| 马托格罗索 | Mǎ tuō gé luó suǒ | Mato Grosso, a state of Brazil |
| 声索国 | shēng suǒ guó | claimant country (in a territorial dispute) |
| 神经索 | shén jīng suǒ | nerve cord |
| 不加思索 | bù jiā sī suǒ | see 不假思索[bu4 jia3 si1 suo3] |
| 索县 | Suǒ Xiàn | Sog County or Sogxian, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市[Na4 qu3 Shi4], Tibet |
| 索国 | Suǒ guó | Somalia; Somaliland; (Tw) Solomon Islands; Suoguo, a state recorded in the Chinese histori… |