素 (sù) — Chinese Character

素

sù

plain; unadorned; simple; white; plain-colored; vegetarian (food); element; essence; nature; usually; always; (literary) raw silk

Radical: 糸 HSK 7 g, n, a ideographic

Components & Etymology

素 decomposes into the following components:

龶糸

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 素.

互素

hù sù

coprime (math.)

俭素

jiǎn sù

thrifty and plain

像素

xiàng sù

pixel

元素

yuán sù

element

全素

quán sù

卤素

lǔ sù

halogen (chemistry)

吃素

chī sù

to be a vegetarian

名素

míng sù

味素

wèi sù

因素

yīn sù

element

奶素

nǎi sù

字素

zì sù

grapheme

Characters that share the radical 糸.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.