Read Edit View history Discussion 索 suǒsuō HSK5 large rope Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of two hands (廾) twisting together a long rope (糸). The meaning later expanded to "search" and "demand". Pinyin Separate values with commas suǒ ×suo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts two hands twisting a rope. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 索 Simp strokes 索 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 索 Simp strokes 索 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 索 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 353, 710 ], [ 375, 703 ], [ 422, 702 ], [ 553, 722 ], [ 567, 730 ], [ 666, 749 ], [ 707, 748 ] ], [ [ 489, 856 ], [ 528, 817 ], [ 509, 626 ], [ 491, 604 ] ], [ [ 224, 596 ], [ 233, 566 ], [ 228, 547 ], [ 181, 469 ], [ 167, 409 ] ], [ [ 263, 559 ], [ 273, 549 ], [ 289, 548 ], [ 438, 576 ], [ 510, 581 ], [ 683, 608 ], [ 766, 613 ], [ 805, 598 ], [ 822, 571 ], [ 758, 492 ] ], [ [ 466, 558 ], [ 487, 536 ], [ 487, 526 ], [ 445, 473 ], [ 387, 421 ], [ 376, 398 ], [ 399, 386 ], [ 440, 380 ], [ 476, 379 ], [ 497, 386 ] ], [ [ 598, 491 ], [ 607, 451 ], [ 536, 386 ], [ 410, 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522 571 526 601 Z", "M 255 567 Q 245 592 234 601 Q 216 617 213 591 Q 217 561 167 505 Q 124 469 151 407 Q 164 379 186 406 Q 205 430 220 467 Q 239 512 252 537 C 261 554 261 554 255 567 Z", "M 499 567 Q 721 601 761 593 Q 779 580 776 572 Q 776 568 753 503 Q 746 490 753 485 Q 760 481 777 494 Q 829 530 872 542 Q 908 554 907 562 Q 906 572 832 624 Q 811 640 734 628 Q 629 618 526 601 L 485 596 Q 431 590 369 580 Q 311 573 255 567 C 225 564 224 548 252 537 Q 279 521 314 531 Q 425 562 459 562 L 499 567 Z", "M 504 386 Q 494 390 474 392 Q 432 399 408 404 Q 402 408 403 412 Q 403 415 506 498 Q 545 514 499 567 C 480 590 458 592 459 562 Q 465 538 426 483 Q 375 426 352 422 Q 310 421 310 377 Q 309 373 311 369 Q 314 353 329 360 Q 347 372 475 366 Q 476 366 478 365 C 508 362 533 378 504 386 Z", "M 515 263 Q 582 279 648 289 C 678 294 665 309 635 306 Q 538 297 423 275 Q 414 274 420 279 Q 466 316 573 388 Q 609 415 637 428 Q 650 434 648 444 Q 644 465 618 490 Q 605 503 596 503 Q 586 502 584 487 Q 578 451 504 386 L 478 365 Q 364 278 345 272 Q 332 266 331 254 Q 330 241 350 219 Q 357 206 373 214 Q 425 239 482 254 L 515 263 Z", "M 648 289 Q 666 267 685 240 Q 694 227 706 225 Q 715 224 721 233 Q 728 243 726 269 Q 723 305 630 358 Q 618 364 612 363 Q 608 360 606 350 Q 607 340 625 319 Q 629 313 635 306 L 648 289 Z", "M 482 254 Q 482 253 484 249 Q 497 215 494 107 Q 493 59 488 48 Q 484 35 459 38 Q 425 47 387 55 Q 377 55 375 49 Q 374 42 384 34 Q 457 -20 483 -52 Q 501 -67 512 -63 Q 522 -59 535 -26 Q 551 7 548 67 Q 547 152 548 183 Q 555 223 539 243 Q 526 256 515 263 C 491 281 472 282 482 254 Z", "M 326 168 Q 295 120 254 80 Q 230 53 239 15 Q 243 -4 266 4 Q 321 31 341 106 Q 351 137 350 163 Q 346 173 341 175 Q 332 175 326 168 Z", "M 649 140 Q 697 97 753 31 Q 769 10 784 6 Q 793 5 801 15 Q 814 28 802 73 Q 789 130 651 172 Q 641 178 639 165 Q 638 152 649 140 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle 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