素
素 — so
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 본디/흴[白] 소
- Romanization
- so
- English
- white (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally
- Mandarin
- sù
- Japanese on'yomi
- ソ, ス
- Japanese kun'yomi
- もと
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #660 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 (120, 4 residual)
- Unicode
- U+7D20
Parts that make up 素
- 龶 획을 겹쳐 이룬 윗머리뜻 없이 글자의 윗머리를 이룬다
- 糸 실 사, 가는실 멱 꼬아 놓은 실타래실·천·끈, 그리고 잇고 매는 일
Korean example words with 素
- 소대素帶 Korean gloss: 흰 띠
- 독소毒素 Korean gloss: 해로운 요소
- 소지素地 Korean gloss: 본래의 바탕
- 소행素行 Korean gloss: 평소의 행실
- 소정素情 Korean gloss: 본래부터의 감정
- 소성素性 Korean gloss: 본디 타고난 성품
- 소반素飯 Korean gloss: 고기반찬이 없는 밥
- 소의素衣 Korean gloss: 색과 무늬가 없는 흰옷
- 평소平素 Korean gloss: 특별한 일이 없는 보통 때
- 소물素物 Korean gloss: 소찬(素饌)에 쓰는 나물붙이
- 소의素意 Korean gloss: 평소에 늘 지니고 있는 생각
- 소지素志 Korean gloss: 평소에 늘 지니고 있는 생각
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 素
- 素材そざい ingredient; (raw) material; resource
- 要素ようそ component; factor; item (e.g. in list)
- 素直すなお obedient; meek; docile
- 炭素たんそ carbon (C)
- 酸素さんそ oxygen (O)
- 素人しろうと amateur; layman; ordinary person
- 簡素かんそ simple; plain; modest
- 素す one's nature; one's feelings; oneself
- 窒素ちっそ nitrogen (N)
- 水素すいそ hydrogen (H)
- 素朴そぼく simple; artless; naive
- 素顔すがお face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.)
Characters sharing the phonetic 素
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “소” in Korean.
Other hanja read “소”
Other hanja with radical 糸
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