素 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

素 English definition

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

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : Lisu ethnic group of Yunnan;
  • : crop (of bird);
  • : to model (a figure) in clay;
  • : morning; early; long-held; long-cherished;
  • 宿 : lodge for the night; old; former;
  • : guileless; sincere;
  • : complain; sue; tell;
  • : Quercus dentata;
  • : manger;
  • : shrub;
  • : tall and straight (of trees);
  • : name of a river;
  • : to go upstream; to trace the source;
  • : jade with a blemish; person who cuts and polishes jade;
  • : rush out of a den; rustling;
  • : dense vegetation; sieve;
  • : Japanese variant of 肅|肃;
  • : grain; millet; goose pimples;
  • : respectful; solemn; to eliminate; to clean up;
  • : 囙
  • : (literary) fat; variant of 嗉[su4];
  • : vegetables;
  • : tremble with fear;
  • : to tell; to complain; to sue
  • : composed; rise; to begin;
  • : fast; rapid; quick; velocity;
  • : alert; nimble; quick;
  • : pot of cooked rice;
  • : dried fish;

Words containing 素, by HSK level