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索

suǒ

HSK 5 Character

What 索 means

1. to search
2. to demand
3. to ask
4. to exact
5. large rope
6. isolated

Other readings

索 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Suǒsurname Suo; abbr. for {索马里|Suǒ mǎ lǐ}, Somalia

Example sentences

• 警方还毫无线索。
  Jǐngfāng hái háowú xiànsuǒ.
  The police still have no leads.
• 她摸索着一张纸。
  Tā mōsuo zhe yī zhāng zhǐ.
  She fumbled with a piece of paper.
• 他们不断地摸索。
  Tāmen bù duàn de mōsuo.
  They kept on feeling their way.
• 我们正在探索火星。
  We are exploring Mars.
• 他有一幅毕卡索的画。
  Tā yǒu yī fú Bìkǎsuǒ de huà.
  He has a Picasso.
• 汤姆不加思索地行动。
  Tom acted without thinking.

Words starting with 索

• 索性suǒ xìngyou might as well (do it); simply; just
• 索赔suǒ péito ask for compensation; to claim damages; claim for damages
• 索引suǒ yǐnindex
• 索尼Suǒ níSony
• 索取suǒ qǔto ask; to demand
• 索要suǒ yàoto ask for; to request; to demand
• 索道suǒ dàoropeway
• 索然无味suǒ rán wú wèidull; insipid
• 索菲亚Suǒ fēi yàSofia (capital of Bulgaria)
• 索马里Suǒ mǎ lǐSomalia
• 索然suǒ rándull; dry
• 索价suǒ jiàto ask a price; to charge; asking price
• 索国Suǒ guóSomalia; Somaliland; (Taiwan) Solomon Islands
• 索带suǒ dàicable tie; plastic strap
• 索求suǒ qiúto seek; to demand
• 索尔Suǒ ěrThor (Norse god of thunder)
• 索索suǒ suǒtrembling
• 索解suǒ jiěto seek an answer; to look for an explanation; to explain
• 索里亚Suǒ lǐ yàSoria, Spain
• 索非亚Suǒ fēi yàSofia, capital of Bulgaria
• 索马利亚Suǒ mǎ lì yà(Taiwan) Somalia
• 索具装置suǒ jù zhuāng zhìrig
• 索谢suǒ xiè(old) to ask for recompense (for personal services rendered)
• 索命suǒ mìngto demand sb's life

Words containing 索

• 搜索sōu suǒto search (a place, a database, online etc); to search for (sth)
• 探索tàn suǒto explore; to probe
• 线索xiàn suǒtrail; clues; thread (of a story)
• 思索sī suǒto think deeply; to ponder
• 摸索mō suoto feel about; to grope about; to fumble
• 检索jiǎn suǒto retrieve (data); to look up; retrieval
• 搜索引擎sōu suǒ yǐn qíngsearch engine
• 毕加索Bì jiā suǒPicasso
• 勒索lè suǒto blackmail; to extort
• 绳索shéng suǒrope
• 利索lì suonimble
• 不假思索bù jiǎ sī suǒ(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
• 科索沃Kē suǒ wòKosovo
• 求索qiú suǒto search for sth; to seek; to quest
• 比索bǐ suǒ(loanword) peso (monetary unit)
• 导火索dǎo huǒ suǒfuse (for explosive)
• 敲诈勒索qiāo zhà lè suǒextortion and blackmail (idiom)
• 墨索里尼Mò suǒ lǐ níBenito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
• 萧索xiāo suǒbleak; desolate; melancholy
• 高加索Gāo jiā suǒCaucasus; Caucasian
• 伊索Yī suǒAesop (c. 620–560 BC), ancient Greek storyteller and supposed author of Aesop's Fables
• 罗索Luó suǒRoseau, capital of the Commonwealth of Dominica
• 离索lí suǒ(literary) desolate and lonely
• 利马索尔Lì mǎ suǒ ěrLimassol, Cyprus; Lemesos

Characters that look like 索

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 素sùraw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 莺yīngoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 萦yíng(literary) to wind around
• 菅jiān(grass); Themeda forsbali

Sounds the same

Read suǒ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 所actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 锁to lock; to lock up; a lock
• 琐fragmentary; trifling
• 唢used in 唢呐
• 璅fragmentary; trifling
• 鎍chain; wire
• 鏁old variant of 锁