素

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

vegetarian diet

HSK 7 N1

Abstract →Colors

sù

ソ、ス

もと

소

Depicts raw silk (糸) hanging from a rack.

Components

◎ characterless component+ 糸 silk =

素 vegetarian diet

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts a rack.

糸 Iconic component

mì silk

Depicts raw silk.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

素

Regular

Modern

Chinese

素 [sù]

raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever

Japanese

素そ同音

noun

white silk
mathematics prime
chemistry principle

素す同音

noun one's nature; one's feelings; oneself
adj-no plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix derogatory mere; poor (before a noun)
prefix exceedingly (before an adjective)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

どうやら、さっきのは演技ではなく、素だったらしい。

It seems like that she wasn't acting back then; they were her real feelings.

Japanese Names

素すさき

Susaki surname

素すざき

Suzaki surname

素すず

Suzu unclassified name

素すなお

Sunao female given name

素そ

So surname

素ただ

Tada female given name

素はじめ

Hajime unclassified name

素もと

Moto female given name

素もとい

Motoi given name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

维生素 [wéishēngsù] #10,150

vitamin

维生素 [wéishēngsù] #10,150

抗生素 [kàngshēngsù] #7,983

antibiotic

要素 [yàosù] #15,053

essential factor

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

⭐ 素直 [すなお] #832

obedient

⭐ 素晴らしい [すばらしい] #1,766

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KOREAN WORDS (24)

element; component; factor; requisite

간소화

simplification

검소

simplicity; plainness; frugality

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