线索 xiànsuǒ▶ Pista

Stroke order

线索 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 线 — 8 strokes
• 索 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. trail
2. clues
3. thread (of a story)

Related words

• 思索Pensamiento
• 探索explorar
• 摸索tantear; buscar a tientas
• 视线vista
• 索取solicitud
• 索性Simplemente

线索 is pronounced xiànsuǒ and means “Pista”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 线索 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.