# 索 — look up; cable

索 means “look up; cable”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: サク (saku). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: look up; cable
- On'yomi: サク (saku)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Doing & acting 2

## How to remember 索

Parts: 十 ten; cross · 冖 cover · 糸 thread

## Don't confuse it with

[糾](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/tangle/) · [続](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/continue/) · [紙](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/paper/) · [終](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/end/)

## More in the “Doing & acting 2” set

[促](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/urge/) · [控](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hold-back/) · [隠](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hide/) · [索](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/look-up/) · [励](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/encourage/) · [耐](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/endure/) · [克](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/overcome/) · [遂](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/carry-through/) · [奨](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/urge-on/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/look-up/. Last updated 2026-11-01.