Hanja Analyzer
索

索 — saek, sak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
찾을 색, 노[새끼줄] 삭
Romanization
saek, sak
English
large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated
Mandarin
suǒ
Japanese on'yomi
サク, シャク, ソ
Japanese kun'yomi
なわ もとめる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,127 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
糸 (120, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+7D22

How 索 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 索 as a ideographic compound involving 糸, 𣎳.

Korean example words with 索

  • 색인索引 Korean gloss: 어떤 것을 뒤져서 찾아내거나 필요한 정보를 밝힘
  • 쇠삭하다衰索 Korean gloss: 쇠하고 흩어지다
  • 삭막하다索莫 Korean gloss: 쓸쓸하고 막막하다
  • 소삭하다蕭索 Korean gloss: 고요하고 쓸쓸하다
  • 색출되다索出 Korean gloss: 샅샅이 뒤져져서 찾아내어지다
  • 토색하다討索 Korean gloss: 돈이나 물건 따위를 억지로 달라고 하다
  • 사색하다思索 Korean gloss: 어떤 것에 대하여 깊이 생각하고 이치를 따지다
  • 검색하다檢索 Korean gloss: 범죄나 사건을 밝히기 위한 단서나 증거를 찾기 위하여 살펴 조사하다
  • 모색되다摸索 Korean gloss: 일이나 사건 따위를 해결할 수 있는 방법이나 실마리를 더듬어 찾게 되다
  • 탐색하다探索 Korean gloss: 드러나지 않은 사물이나 현상 따위를 찾아내거나 밝히기 위하여 살피어 찾다
  • 탐색선探索船 Korean gloss: 탐색하는 데 쓰는 우주선
  • 수색용搜索用 Korean gloss: 수색에 쓰임. 또는 그런 물건

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 索

  • 捜索そうさく search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
  • 模索もさく groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.)
  • 検索けんさく looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information)
  • 索引さくいん index (in a book)
  • 思索しさく speculation; thinking; meditation
  • 探索たんさく search; lookup; hunt
  • 捜索隊そうさくたい search party
  • 検索条件けんさくじょうけん search criteria
  • 索さく rope; cord
  • 鋼索こうさく steel cable; steel wire rope
  • 索具さくぐ rigging; gear; tackle
  • 索条さくじょう cable; rope

Other hanja read “색”

Other hanja with radical 糸

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