索	10C55   10.01	部居	畫數  10	ㄙㄨㄛˇ [suo3] .
N	(1)  [suo3zi0] A rope: 鐵索 iron cable: 索頭 [suo3tou2]↓. (2)  A surname.
V	(1)  To search, try to get: 披索ditto; 索求，索解 [suo3qiu2], [suo3jie3]↓; 索取 [suo3qU3]↓. (2)  To demand (payment): 索欠，索薪 [suo3qian4], [suo3xin1]↓.
Vb	(MC) must (＝須): 這數年索是（＝須是）辛苦也 these last few years must be hard indeed; 你索教（＝須使）意兒溫存 you must try to be gentle; 不索（＝不須）生嗔 don't be angry.
Adj	Lonely, depressed: 索然 [suo3ran2]↓; 離群索居 live alone, cut off from society.
Adv	(*[suo2]) 索性 [suo2xing4]↓.
Words	1.索欠 [suo3qian4], v.i., to demand pay.  2.索求 [suo3qiu2], v.t., to seek (person, job, etc.).  3.索取 [suo2qU3], v.i., try to get, obtain.  4.索合 [suo3he2], aux. vb., (MC) must (＝須當).  5.索解 [suo2jie3], phr., requires explanation.  6.索落 [suo3luo4], v.t., (coll.) to berate (person).  7.索寞 [suo3mo4], adj., lonely, bored, depressed (also wr. 索莫，索漠).  8.索賠 [suo3pei2], v.t., claim.  9.索然 [suo3ran2], adj., (1)  dull, uninteresting: 索然無味; (2)  quiet, isolated: 牙門索然 (AC) commandant's office is quiet, without callers; (3)  depressed: 索然出涕 (AC) depressed and shed tears.  10.索性 *[suo2xing4], adj., (1)  straight-tempered; (2)  (*[suo2xing4]), adv., may just as well, simply, without further ado: 索性給了他 might just as well make it a gift to him; adj., 索性走了 left without further trouble.  11.索薪 [suo3xin1], phr., to demand payment of salary in arrears.  12.索是 [suo3shi4], aux. vb., (MC) must be.  13.索索 [suo2suo3], adj., (1)  a rustle, whispering sound; (2)  (AC) frightened, startled; (3)  bored, see [suo3ran2]↑.  14.索頭 [suo3tou2], n., end of a rope.  15.索要 [suo3yao4], v.t., to demand (money, etc.).  16.索引 [suo2yin3]1, n., an index: 書名索引 title index; 作者索引 author index, etc.  17.索隱 [suo3yin3]2, phr., (1)  探賾索隱 (AC) to search for hidden meanings; (2)  索隱行怪 to look for the abstruse and behave eccentrically.