| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
- 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
- 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
- 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
- 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
- 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
- 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
- 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall
Readings
- Japanese names:
- どま
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- suelo
- tierra
- terreno
- posición
Portuguese
- terra
- chão
French
- sol
- terre
| 111 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 184 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 167 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 40 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1056 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 143 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 143 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 241 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 118 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 118 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 146 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 367 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 236 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 152 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 521 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4890 | Morohashi |
| 204 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 976 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 515 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 554 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 45 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 130 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1456 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4411.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5730 | Unicode hex code |