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Translingual
Han character
索 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十月女戈火 (JBVIF), four-corner 40903, composition ⿳十冖糸)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 918, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27306
- Dae Jaweon: page 1349, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3369, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7D22
- Unihan data for U+F96A
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 索 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 糸 (“thread”) + 𣎳 (“strip fibres off a hemp stalk”). Threads (rope) being removed from a fabric.
糸 visually represents the middle interior of the small seal script form, whereas 𣎳 is the three-pointed top part and the left and right lines.
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
索 | |
|---|---|---|
From Austroasiatic; compare Proto-Vietic *ɟaːk (“rope”) (> Vietnamese chạc), Mon ဇုက် (“string; cord; rope; lashing; creeper”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | 條子 |
| Taiwan | 條子 | |
| Tianjin | 條子 | |
| Langfang | 條子 | |
| Tangshan | 條子 | |
| Cangzhou | 條子 | |
| Baoding | 條子 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 條子 | |
| Daming | 條子 | |
| Chifeng | 條兒 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 條子 | |
| Harbin | 條子, 條 | |
| Shenyang | 條子, 索子 | |
| Qingdao | 條子 | |
| Jinan | 條子 | |
| Zhengzhou | 條 | |
| Xi'an | 條, 索 | |
| Yinchuan | 條子 | |
| Lanzhou | 條子, 索子 | |
| Xining | 條子 | |
| Ürümqi | 條子 | |
| Huanggang | 條子, 索子 | |
| Chengdu | 條子 | |
| Chongqing | 條子, 索子 | |
| Guiyang | 條子 | |
| Kunming | 條子, 索子 | |
| Guilin | 索子 | |
| Liuzhou | 條子 | |
| Xuzhou | 條 | |
| Yangzhou | 條子 | |
| Nanjing | 條子 | |
| Hefei | 條子 | |
| Nantong | 條 | |
| Singapore | 索子 | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 索子 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 索子, 條子 |
| Lichuan | 索子 | |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 條, 索 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 條子, 棍子 |
| Xinzhou | 棍子 | |
| Linhe | 條子 | |
| Jining | 條子 | |
| Hohhot | 條子, 棍子 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 條子 | |
| Handan | 條, 條子 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 索 |
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
索 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𡩡 | |
Ultimately Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ស (sɑɑ, “white; to show something clearly”); cognate with 素 (OC *saːs, “colourless; plain”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
索
Etymology 3
| simp. and trad. |
索 | |
|---|---|---|
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Etymology 5
| simp. and trad. |
索 | |
|---|---|---|
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 嗍, 欶?”)
Pronunciation
Compounds
- 一索得男 (yīsuǒdénán)
- 一索成男
- 一落索
- 丁娘十索
- 不假思索 (bùjiǎ-sīsuǒ)
- 不加思索 (bùjiā-sīsuǒ)
- 不索
- 伊索寓言
- 伸鉤索鐵／伸钩索铁
- 便索
- 倒裳索領／倒裳索领
- 全文檢索／全文检索
- 八索
- 八索九丘
- 冥思苦索 (míngsīkǔsuǒ)
- 則索／则索
- 勒索 (lèsuǒ)
- 原索動物／原索动物
- 只索
- 名韁利索／名缰利索
- 吹毛索疵
- 國際索償／国际索偿
- 坐索
- 培格索斯
- 外高加索 (Wài Gāojiāsuǒ)
- 大索
- 奔車朽索／奔车朽索
- 套索 (tàosuǒ)
- 婪索
- 尋瑕索瘢／寻瑕索瘢
- 導爆索／导爆索
- 尾索動物／尾索动物
- 徽索
- 思索 (sīsuǒ)
- 悉索敝賦／悉索敝赋
- 悉索薄賦／悉索薄赋
- 意興索然／意兴索然
- 戎索
- 戰索索／战索索
- 拉索
- 拍索
- 披索 (pīsuǒ)
- 披麻帶索／披麻带索
- 按圖索驥／按图索骥 (àntúsuǒjì)
- 探奧索隱／探奥索隐
- 探幽索隱／探幽索隐
- 探淵索珠／探渊索珠
- 探索 (tànsuǒ)
- 推索
- 探賾索微／探赜索微
- 探賾索隱／探赜索隐
- 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
- 搜索半徑／搜索半径
- 搜索枯腸／搜索枯肠 (sōusuǒkūcháng)
- 搜索票
- 搜索隊／搜索队
- 搝大索 (khiú-tōa-soh) (Min Nan)
- 摳摳索索／抠抠索索
- 摸索 (mōsuǒ)
- 撲索／扑索
- 擿埴索塗／擿埴索涂
- 敲詐勒索／敲诈勒索 (qiāozhàlèsuǒ)
- 智盡能索／智尽能索
- 暗中摸索
- 暌索
- 木索
- 枯索 (kūsuǒ)
- 枯魚銜索／枯鱼衔索
- 檢索／检索 (jiǎnsuǒ)
- 比索 (bǐsuǒ)
- 氣索／气索
- 求索 (qiúsuǒ)
- 決裂索性／决裂索性
- 泛索
- 沮索
- 洗垢索瘢
- 消索
- 漫天索價／漫天索价
- 滾肚索／滚肚索
- 犬馬齒索／犬马齿索
- 瑟索
- 百索
- 知盡能索／知尽能索
- 索倫／索伦 (Suǒlún)
- 索債／索债 (suǒzhài)
- 索價／索价
- 索利
- 索取 (suǒqǔ)
- 索合
- 索命 (suǒmìng)
- 索垢尋疵／索垢寻疵
- 索婦／索妇
- 索子 (suǒzi)
- 索寞 (suǒmò)
- 索居 (suǒjū)
- 索引 (suǒyǐn)
- 索強如／索强如
- 索性
- 索放
- 索是
- 索書號碼／索书号码
- 索橋／索桥
- 索欠
- 索河 (Suǒhé)
- 索然 (suǒrán)
- 索然寡味 (suǒránguǎwèi)
- 索然無味／索然无味 (suǒránwúwèi)
- 索爾／索尔 (suǒ'ěr)
- 索盡枯腸／索尽枯肠
- 索米長安／索米长安
- 索粉
- 索索
- 索羅／索罗
- 索興／索兴
- 索落
- 索薪
- 索虜／索虏
- 索討／索讨
- 索訶／索诃
- 索賄／索贿 (suǒhuì)
- 索賠／索赔 (suǒpéi)
- 索道 (suǒdào)
- 索隱／索隐
- 索隱行怪／索隐行怪
- 索頭／索头
- 索頭虜／索头虏
- 索馬利亞／索马利亚 (Suǒmǎlìyà)
- 索鬧／索闹
- 索麵／索面
- 絃索／弦索
- 絆馬索／绊马索 (bànmǎsuǒ)
- 絞索／绞索 (jiǎosuǒ)
- 網路索引／网路索引
- 線索／线索 (xiànsuǒ)
- 繩索／绳索 (shéngsuǒ)
- 脊索 (jǐsuǒ)
- 脊索動物／脊索动物 (jǐsuǒ dòngwù)
- 興味索然／兴味索然 (xìngwèisuǒrán)
- 興致索然／兴致索然
- 落索
- 蒱睃摸索
- 蒐索 (sōusuǒ)
- 蕭索／萧索 (xiāosuǒ)
- 衣索比亞／衣索比亚 (Yīsuǒbǐyà)
- 覓索／觅索
- 謁索／谒索
- 貫索／贯索
- 資料索引／资料索引
- 資訊檢索／资讯检索
- 賴索托／赖索托 (Làisuǒtuō)
- 走索
- 走繩索／走绳索
- 跳天索地
- 跳百索
- 跳索
- 跳馬索／跳马索
- 踩軟索／踩软索
- 追索 (zhuīsuǒ)
- 追索權／追索权
- 連索／连索
- 郭索
- 金石索
- 鉤索／钩索
- 鉤索羅織／钩索罗织
- 鋼索／钢索 (gāngsuǒ)
- 鐵索／铁索
- 鐵索郎當／铁索郎当
- 離群索居／离群索居 (líqúnsuǒjū)
- 雷達搜索／雷达搜索
- 需索
- 霍索
- 頂橦踏索／顶橦踏索
- 須索／须索
- 高加索 (Gāojiāsuǒ)
- 黑克索斯
- 點索／点索
References
- “Entry #6503”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese
Readings
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 索 (MC srjaek|sreak). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄉᆡᆨ〮 (Yale: sóyk) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɛk̚] ~ [sʰe̞k̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [색/섹]
Compounds
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 索 (MC sak). Recorded as Middle Korean 삭〮 (sák) (Yale: sák) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠k̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [삭]