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素
sù
1. raw silk
2. white
3. plain, unadorned
4. vegetarian (food)
5. essence
6. nature
7. element
8. constituent
9. usually
10. always
11. ever
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

素
sù
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

襟素
jīnsù
one's true heart
质素
zhìsù
(high) quality
素面
sùmiàn
face (of a woman) without makeup
荤素
hūnsù
meat and vegetable
卤素
lǔsù
halogen (chemistry)
酪素
làosù
casein (milk protein)
素材
sùcái
source material (in literature and art)
素雅
sùyǎ
simple yet elegant
素馅
sùxiàn
vegetable filling
茹素
rúsù
to eat a vegetarian diet
要素
yàosù
essential factor
HSK 6
音素
yīnsù
phoneme
朴素
pǔsù
plain and simple
HSK 6
毒素
dúsù
poison
素数
sùshù
prime number
素有
sùyǒu
to have
素筵
sùyán
vegetarian feast
素质
sùzhì
inner quality
HSK 6
素颜
sùyán
a face without makeup
素养
sùyǎng
(personal) accomplishment

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
660
Word Frequency Rank
1,510 of 84,292

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