This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: サク
Romaji: saku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

cord, rope, searching, inquiring

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  24
Frequency:  1127
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-4-6
Korean Reading:  saeg
Chinese Reading:  suo3
Unicode:  7d22
JIS:  3A77

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2455
Nelson Index: 782
New Nelson Index: 4449
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2k8.2
Four Corner Index: 4090.3
Guide to Remembering Index: 1299
Gakken Index: 1155
Japanese Names Index: 1703
Daikanwanjiten Index: 27306
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0988
Remembering the kanji Index: 1365
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1625
Kodansha Compact Index: 1505
Kanji in Context Index: 1301
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1587
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2168
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1377
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1465
Essential Kanji Index: 1762
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3105
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1541
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1378

Words

(さく)
rope; cord
捜索 (そうさく)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); investigation
模索 (もさく)
groping (for); exploring for a solution
脊索 (せきさく)
notochord (rudimentary spinal chord)
索敵 (さくてき)
searching for the enemy
検索 (けんさく)
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
探索 (たんさく)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
索引 (さくいん)
index; indices; indexes
索道 (さくどう)
overhead freight-carrying cable
思索 (しさく)
speculation; thinking; meditation
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