| 658 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 759 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 737 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 717 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3511 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 797 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1623 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1707 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 271 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 271 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 636 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1506 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1590 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2171 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1546 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27300 | Morohashi |
| 2458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4456 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1532 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1652 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 500 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 716 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 素 【ソ】 plain, white silk, prime
- 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
- 栄養素 【エイヨウソ】 nutrient
- 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
- 素 【ス】 one's nature, one's feelings, oneself, plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel, mere, poor, exceedingly
- 素顔 【スガオ】 face with no make-up, unpainted face, true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.), real face, true picture, real nature, sober face, sobriety
- 空素 【カラス】 dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)
- 鉤素 【ハリス】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 元より 【もとより】 from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally, of course, not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
- 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto, brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- materia prima
- elemental
- normal
- usual
Portuguese
- elementar
- princípio
- descoberto
- nu
French
- élément
- principe
- nu
- découvert
| 1441 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a4.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 5090.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d20 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 嚢腫 【ノウシュ】 cyst
- 嚢状 【ノウジョウ】 saclike, saccate, saccular
- 土嚢 【ドノウ】 sandbag
- 衣嚢 【イノウ】 pocket
Kun reading compounds
- 袋 【ふくろ】 bag, sack, pouch, skin of an orange (and other like fruits), dead end, plot of land surrounded by water
Readings
- Korean:
- nang
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 124 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 4633X | Morohashi |
| 5499 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2883 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2894 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3d19.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-11 | SKIP code |
| 5073.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 56a2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1289 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乳製品 【ニュウセイヒン】 dairy products
- 乳児 【ニュウジ】 infant (below 1 year old), suckling baby
- 豆乳 【トウニュウ】 soy milk
- 生乳 【セイニュウ】 raw milk
Kun reading compounds
- 乳 【ちち】 milk, breast, loop, decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
- 乳首 【ちくび】 nipple, teat
- 無い乳 【ないちち】 very small breasts
- もらい乳 【もらいぢち】 having one's baby nursed by another woman, wet-nursing, breast milk received from another woman
- 乳 【ちち】 milk, breast, loop, decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
- 乳房 【ちぶさ】 breast, udder
- 無い乳 【ないちち】 very small breasts
- もらい乳 【もらいぢち】 having one's baby nursed by another woman, wet-nursing, breast milk received from another woman
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- leche
- pecho
Portuguese
- leite
- peitos
French
- lait
- seins
| 961 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 951 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 873 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 266 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1216 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 291 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 657 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 939 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 969 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 821 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 29 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1823 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1306 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 737 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 190X | Morohashi |
| 1438 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 61 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 729 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 786 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 871 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2056 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-1 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 2241.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e73 | Unicode hex code |