索
suǒ
#803 most
frequent character
to search, to demand, to ask
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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