Skip to main content

素

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • elementary
  • principle
  • naked
  • uncovered

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ソ
  • ス

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • もと
Strokes
10
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#538
School Grade
Grade 5
Radical
糸#120 · silk

Components

Common Words

  • 素すNoun
    one's nature, one's feelings, oneself
  • 素材そざいNoun
    ingredient, (raw) material, resource
  • 要素ようそNoun
    component, factor, item (e.g. in list)
  • 炭素たんそNoun
    carbon (C)
  • 素直すなおna-adjective
    obedient, meek, docile
  • 酸素さんそNoun
    oxygen (O)
  • 簡素かんそna-adjective
    simple, plain, modest
  • 素人しろうとNoun
    amateur, layman, ordinary person

Practice in Kanjiru

Write 素 by hand (opens in new tab)

Related Kanji

酸acidさん、すN114 strokes炭charcoalたん、すみN29 strokes材lumberざいN27 strokes簡simplicityかん、けん、えらN218 strokes倹frugalけん、つま、つづまやかN110 strokes窒plug upちつN111 strokes

Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)