素 — Chinese character
素
sù
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
- Pinyin
- sù
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 龶 糸
- Formation
- ideographic — A silken thread 糸 hanging off a tree 龶
- Japanese
- 素 as a kanji
Common words with 素
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
| 素质 (素質) | sù zhì | inner quality; basic essence |
| 元素 | yuán sù | element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element |
| 要素 | yào sù | essential factor; key constituent |
| 素材 | sù cái | source material (in literature and art) |
| 维生素 (維生素) | wéi shēng sù | vitamin |
| 毒素 | dú sù | toxin; (fig.) pernicious influence |
| 素养 (素養) | sù yǎng | (personal) accomplishment; attainment in self-cultivation |
| 抗生素 | kàng shēng sù | antibiotic |
| 激素 | jī sù | hormone |
| 像素 | xiàng sù | pixel |
| 朴素 (樸素) | pǔ sù | plain and simple; unadorned |
English words written with 素
素 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 3 · Art of War 4 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 10 · Doctrine of the Mean 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 19
- Analects 3.8
- Analects 10.6
- Art of War 9.44
- Art of War 9.45
- Art of War 12.2
- Hexagram 10
- Mencius 7A.32
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.