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

Radical: 糸 HSK 7 g, n, a ideographic

Components & Etymology

素 decomposes into the following components:

Words containing 素

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 素.

互素
hù sù
俭素
jiǎn sù
像素
xiàng sù
元素
yuán sù
全素
quán sù
卤素
lǔ sù
吃素
chī sù
名素
míng sù
味素
wèi sù
因素
yīn sù
奶素
nǎi sù
字素
zì sù

Related characters (radical 糸)

Characters that share the radical .

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