索(suǒ)

HSK 510 strokes

surname Suo

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Character information

Pinyin
suǒ
Meaning
surname Suo; abbr. for 索马里, Somalia
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 索 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⿱十冖糸

A rope 糸 hanging from the ceiling 冖

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

十shí冖mì糸mì

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 索 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 索

Common words using 索 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sōu搜suǒ索
HSK 5

to search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)

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tàn探suǒ索
HSK 6

to explore; to probe

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lì利suǒ索
HSK 7-9

nimble

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bù不jiǎ假sī思suǒ索
HSK 7-9

(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip

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dǎo导huǒ火suǒ索
HSK 7-9

fuse (for explosive)

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sī思suǒ索
HSK 7-9

to think deeply

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mō摸suǒ索
HSK 7-9

to feel about

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yī伊suǒ索

Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and storyteller, supposed author of A…

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搜探利不假思导火

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