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Kanji Information Sheet for 素 ( 
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| English: elementary principle naked uncovered | On-Yomi: ソ ス | Kun-Yomi: もと |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 糸 (いと) – thread
Henshall Mnemonic: raw threads are bare and basic elements
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #660 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #660 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view a similar information sheet for it.Click [K] to look up the word's individual character(s) at WWWJDIC.
Click [D] to look up the word at WWWJDIC (definition is the same but other useful features exist).
Click [Jisho] to look up the word at Jisho.org.
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 要素 [ようそ]
(n) element [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素敵 [すてき]
(adj-na,n) lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital [K] [D] [Jisho] - 酸素 [さんそ]
(n) oxygen [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 素質 [そしつ]
(n) character; qualities; genius [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素人 [しろうと]
(n) amateur; novice [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素直 [すなお]
(adj-na,n) obedient; meek; docile; unaffected [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水素 [すいそ]
(n) hydrogen [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 炭素 [たんそ]
(n) carbon (C) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素材 [そざい]
(n) raw materials; subject matter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素早い [すばやい]
(adj) (1) fast; quick; prompt; (2) nimble; agile [K] [D] [Jisho] - 簡素 [かんそ]
(adj-na,n) simplicity; plain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素朴 [そぼく]
(adj-na,n) simplicity; artlessness; naivete [K] [D] [Jisho] - 質素 [しっそ]
(adj-na,n) simplicity; modesty; frugality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 元素 [げんそ]
(n) chemical element [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 素 [そ]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) prime [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素案 [そあん]
(n) draft [K] [D] [Jisho] - 窒素 [ちっそ]
(n) nitrogen (N) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素顔 [すがお]
(adj-na,n) face with no make-up; unpainted face; honest; frank [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素子 [そし]
(n) element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device [K] [D] [Jisho] - 酵素 [こうそ]
(n) enzyme [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一酸化炭素 [いっさんかたんそ]
(n) carbon monoxide [K] [D] [Jisho] - 色素 [しきそ]
(n) pigment; coloring [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素早く [すばやく]
quickly; nimbly; agilely [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素描 [そびょう]
(n) rough sketch [K] [D] [Jisho] - 素粒子 [そりゅうし]
(n) elementary particle; particle (physics) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 塩素 [えんそ]
(n) chlorine (Cl) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 味の素 [あじのもと]
(n) monosodium glutamate (brand name); MSG [K] [D] [Jisho] - 栄養素 [えいようそ]
(n) nutrient [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.