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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)

萧索
xiāosuǒ
bleak
勒索
lèsuǒ
to blackmail
缆索
lǎnsuǒ
cable
脊索
jǐsuǒ
notochord (internal skeletal rod in primitive fish)
索带
suǒdài
cable tie
玩索
wánsuǒ
to search for subtle traces
索赔
suǒpéi
to ask for compensation
绳索
shéngsuǒ
rope
索贿
suǒhuì
to exact bribes
罗索
Luósuǒ
Roseau, capital of Dominica
追索
zhuīsuǒ
to demand payment
思索
sīsuǒ
to think deeply
HSK 6
离索
lísuǒ
(literary) desolate and lonely
索契
Suǒqì
Sochi (city on the Black Sea in Russia)
索尔
Suǒěr
Thor (Norse god of thunder)
索然
suǒrán
dull
绞索
jiǎosuǒ
a noose for hanging criminals
线索
xiànsuǒ
trail
HSK 6
索命
suǒmìng
to demand sb's life
索讨
suǒtǎo
to demand

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