素
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
素 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手一女戈火 (QMVIF), four-corner 50903, composition ⿱龶糸)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 918, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27300
- Dae Jaweon: page 1348, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3368, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7D20
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
Historical forms of the character 素 | ||
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Pictogram (象形) – hands 廾 braiding thread 糸.
In modern form, top component looks like 生 without the diagonal stroke – compare 責, 青.
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
素
- † white silk
- † silk or paper used for writing
- white
- plain
- vegetarian (food)
- original; unprocessed
- usually; always; all along
- element
- (mathematics) prime
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 素
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JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
素
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: す (su, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
- Kun: きじ (kiji, 素); しろ (shiro, 素); しろい (shiroi, 素い); もと (moto, 素)
CompoundsEdit
- 生長素 (seichōso, “auxin”)
- 素馨 (sokei, “Spanish jasmine”)
Derived termsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Kanji in this term |
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素 |
す Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Derived from Middle Chinese 素 (MC suoH).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ReferencesEdit
KoreanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Chinese 素 (MC suoH). Recorded as Middle Korean 소 (swo) (Yale: swo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
PronunciationEdit
- (element; basis):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰo̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [소]
- (plain; white):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰo̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
HanjaEdit
素 (eumhun 흴 소 (huil so))
素 (eumhun 본디 소 (bondi so))
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
ReferencesEdit
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]