素(sù)

HSK 610 strokes

raw silk

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Character information

Pinyin
sù
Meaning
raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 素 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱龶糸

A silken thread 糸 hanging off a tree 龶

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

龶糸mì

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 素 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 素

Common words using 素 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yuán元sù素
HSK 6

element (key component of sth)

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yīn因sù素
HSK 6

element

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hù互sù素

(math.) coprime; relatively prime (having no common factor)

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xiàng像sù素

pixel

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jiǎn俭sù素

thrifty and plain

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cuī催chǎn产sù素

oxytocin

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kè克lín林méi霉sù素

(pharmacology) clindamycin

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ér儿chá茶sù素

catechin (biochemistry)

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元因互像俭催产克

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