索

Suo3
#803 most
frequent character
surname Suo

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

索 began as a picture of two hands and 糸 thread or rope, so it first meant hands gripping a plant-stalk rope. The meaning grew to rope, then to search along a line, and then to ask or demand.

Drawn as: two hands; thread and rope

索 as a component in other characters

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