Memory phrase for the Kanji: 索

索

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From top: ten 十, cover 冖, thread 糸

Ten covered threads make that string/rope, you were searching for.

十	ten, 10	Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
冖	cover	The radical wakanmuri* is seen as a cover, but sometimes also considered to be a table. (Other covers are: , 亠 )*
糸	thread

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検索	けんさく	internet search
捜索	そうさく	search (esp. for someone or something missing), investigation
模索	もさく	groping (for)
索引	さくいん	index, indices

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