Back to Dictionary
索
suǒ
1. to search
2. to demand
3. to ask
4. to exact
5. large rope
6. isolated
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

索
suǒ
cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

伊索
Yīsuǒ
Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and story-teller, reported author of Aesop's fables
利索
lìsuo
nimble
勒索
lèsuǒ
to blackmail
吊索
diàosuǒ
rope tackle hanging from a mast
套索
tàosuǒ
a lasso
思索
sīsuǒ
to think deeply
HSK 6
披索
pīsuǒ
peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword)
拿索
Násuǒ
Nassau, capital of Bahamas (Tw)
探索
tànsuǒ
to explore
HSK 6
推索
tuīsuǒ
to inquire into
搜索
sōusuǒ
to search
HSK 5
摸索
mōsuo
to feel about
HSK 6
检索
jiǎnsuǒ
to retrieve (data)
比索
Bǐsuǒ
Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau (Tw)
比索
bǐsuǒ
peso (currency in Latin America) (loanword)
求索
qiúsuǒ
to search for sth
玩索
wánsuǒ
to search for subtle traces
索价
suǒjià
to ask a price
索取
suǒqǔ
to ask
HSK 6
索命
suǒmìng
to demand sb's life

Alternate Entries

索
Suǒ
surname Suo / abbr. for [[索馬里|索马里<Suǒmǎlǐ>]], Somalia

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
804
Word Frequency Rank
778 of 84,292