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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)

互素
hùsù
coprime (math.)
像素
xiàngsù
pixel
俭素
jiǎnsù
thrifty and plain
元素
yuánsù
element
HSK 6
吃素
chīsù
to be a vegetarian
味素
wèisù
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
因素
yīnsù
element
HSK 5
字素
zìsù
grapheme
尿素
niàosù
carbamide
平素
píngsù
usually
情素
qíngsù
variant of [[情愫<qíngsù>]]
抑素
yìsù
chalone (protein inhibiting cell proliferation)
核素
hésù
nuclide
朴素
pǔsù
plain and simple
HSK 6
毒素
dúsù
poison
激素
jīsù
hormone
纯素
chúnsù
plain
素来
sùlái
usually
素常
sùcháng
ordinarily
素手
sùshǒu
white hand

Metadata

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

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