| 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 6
JLPT level N2
1349 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 関与 【カンヨ】 participation, taking part in, participating in, being concerned in
- 干渉 【カンショウ】 interference, intervention, meddling
- 水干 【スイカン】 everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan, silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out
- 十干 【ジッカン】 ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water), ten heavenly stems
Kun reading compounds
- 干す 【ほす】 to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
- 干る 【ひる】 to dry (up), to become parched, to ebb, to recede
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ほし
- Korean:
- gan, gang
Spanish
- secarse
- secar
- relacionar
- airear
Portuguese
- sêco
- ressecar
French
- sec
- dessécher
| 840 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 825 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1179 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1492 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1542 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 502 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 26 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 584 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 593 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 506 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 572 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4187 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2116 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2863 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1663 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9165 | Morohashi |
| 3379 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1589 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1648 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1777 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 826 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3155 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 1040.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e72 | Unicode hex code |