素
element; plain; elementary; principle; naked; uncovered
10 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 660.
Readings
- ソ (on reading): 要素 (ようそ) element; 素材 (そざい) ingredient
- ス (on reading): 素敵 (すてき) lovely; 素晴らしい (すばらしい) wonderful
- もと (kun reading): 味の素 (あじのもと) Ajinomoto; 素牛 (もとうし) calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)
- Read as a whole word: 素人 (しろうと) amateur; 素人目 (しろうとめ) inexpert or untrained eyes; 素人童貞 (しろうとどうてい) man who has never had sex except with sex workers
Components
- 龶
- 糸
- 二 radical two
- 亠 radical lid
- 土 radical earth
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 糸 radical thread
Words using 素
- 要素 (ようそ) element
- 素材 (そざい) ingredient
- 酵素 (こうそ) enzyme
- 酸素 (さんそ) oxygen (O)
- 水素 (すいそ) hydrogen (H)
- 素敵 (すてき) lovely
- 素晴らしい (すばらしい) wonderful
- 素直 (すなお) obedient
- 素早い (すばやい) quick
- 素振り (すぶり) practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
- 素人 (しろうと) amateur
- 素人目 (しろうとめ) inexpert or untrained eyes
- 素人童貞 (しろうとどうてい) man who has never had sex except with sex workers
- 素人臭い (しろうとくさい) amateurish
- 素人下宿 (しろうとげしゅく) boarding house
- 味の素 (あじのもと) Ajinomoto
- 素牛 (もとうし) calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)
- 温泉の素 (おんせんのもと) medicinal bath mix
- 味の素 (あじのもと) Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
- 素面 (シラフ) sobriety
- 素声 (しらごえ) shrill voice
693 words in all.