索 cord, rope, searching, inquiring 10 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1127 in newspapers Readings Onサク In Chinese 索 Words written with it 捜索 そうさく search (esp. for someone or something… N1 模索 もさく groping (for) N1 検索 けんさく looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) 索引 さくいん index (in a book) N2 検索条件 けんさくじょうけん search criteria 探索 たんさく search 思索 しさく speculation 捜索隊 そうさくたい search party