The Kanji Map

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: cord, rope, searching, inquiring

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: サク

Composition: 十冖糸

索

Radical: 糸

Meaning: silk

Reading: いと

Frequency: 823

Alternative forms:

(

)糹

索（サク） rope, cord

索引（サクイン） index (in a book)

模索（モサク） groping (for), fumbling around (for), searching (for an answer, solution, etc.), trying to find

神経索（シンケイサク） nerve cord