suǒ = su + o3
to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated
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How to pronounce 索

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= su initial

Su is for Susan Spider.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ o3 final

In the observatory’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

索 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shí = sh + Ø2
ten / 10
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= mi + Ø4
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
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= mi + Ø4
fine silk / Kangxi radical 120
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Characters with 索 as component

suō = su + o1
suck
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suǒ = su + o3
chain / wire
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Words with 索

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trail / clues / thread (of a story)
to search (a place) / to search (a database) / to search for (sth)
to blackmail / to extort

Sentences with 索

索 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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suǒ

to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated

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