Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 索


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Meaning

cord, string, rope, search, seek

Pronunciation

SAKU

Explanation

From top: ten , cover , thread

Mnemonic

Ten covered threads make that string/rope, you were searching for.

Radicals

ten(Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.)
cover(The radical wakanmuri is seen as a cover, but sometines also considered to be a table. (Other covers are: , ))
thread
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Vocabulary

検索 けんさく internet search
捜索 そうさく search (esp. for someone or something missing), investigation
模索 もさく groping (for)
索引 さくいん index, indices

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