• 803rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 119 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. suǒ (Suo3)surname Suo • abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
2. suǒ (suo3)to search • to demand • to ask • to exact • large rope • isolated

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

探索 
搜索 
检索 (檢索)

Uncommon

不假思索 
利索 
勒索 
导火索 (導火索)
思索 
摸索 
求索 
毕加索 (畢加索)
索取 
索尼 
索性 
索尔 (索爾)
索菲亚 (索菲亞)
索赔 (索賠)
索道 
索马里 (索馬裡)
线索 (線索)
绳索 (繩索)
美索不达米亚 (美索不達米亞)
高加索 

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  • 323rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qu3)to take • to get • to choose • to fetch

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

获取 (獲取)
领取 (領取)

Uncommon

取代 
取出 
取得 
取悦 (取悅)
取暖 
取消 
抽取 
采取 (採取)
换取 (換取)
摘取 
无理取闹 (無理取鬧)
争取 (爭取)
进取 (進取)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.