素 (sù)
vegetarian/plain/element
How 素 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 龶 — N/A
- Traditional
- 素
- Simplified
- 素 (unchanged)
Components
- 龶 N/A
- 糸 silk
Common words using 素
- 元素 yuánsù
- element; element of a set; chemical element
- 因素 yīnsù
- element; factor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 素材 sùcái
- source material (in literature and art)
- 素質 sùzhì
- inner quality; basic essence
- 維生素 wéishēngsù
- vitamin
- 像素 xiàngsù
- pixel
- 吃素 chīsù
- to be a vegetarian
- 抗生素 kàngshēngsù
- antibiotic
- 樸素 pǔsù
- plain and simple; unadorned; simple living
- 毒素 dúsù
- poison
- 激素 jīsù
- hormone
- 番茄紅素 fānqiéhóngsù
- Lycopene
素 in a sentence
我媽媽吃素，不吃肉。
Wǒ māma chī sù, bù chī ròu.
“My mother is vegetarian; she doesn't eat meat.”
How common is 素?
素 is the 660th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.6% of all running text.
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