素 — elementary, principle, naked

す素 elementary

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+7D20 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #660 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1652 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

elementary
principle
naked
uncovered

word

す su On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

素(す) su plain 素(す) 敵(てき) suteki lovely 素(す) 直(なお) sunao honest 素(す) 早(ばや) い subayai quick 素(す) 顔(がお) sugao bare face

そ so On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

要(よう) 素(そ) youso element 素(そ) 材(ざい) sozai material 酸(さん) 素(そ) sanso oxygen 水(すい) 素(そ) suiso hydrogen 炭(たん) 素(そ) tanso carbon 二(に) 酸(さん) 化(か) 炭(たん) 素(そ) nisankatanso carbon dioxide 塩(えん) 素(そ) enso chlorine 画(が) 素(そ) gaso pixel

もと moto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

素(もと) 子(こ) motoko Motoko (female name)

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

素晴らしい(すばらしい) subarashii wonderful 素人(しろうと) shirouto amateur

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

龶 stand with line

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