Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Kun:
もと
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • materia prima
  • elemental
  • normal
  • usual

Portuguese

  • elementar
  • princípio
  • descoberto
  • nu

French

  • élément
  • principe
  • nu
  • découvert
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)
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

16 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast, pocket
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1493 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 懐疑 【カイギ】 doubt, skepticism, scepticism, disbelief
  • 懐古 【カイコ】 reminiscence, nostalgia, thinking fondly of the past, recalling the old days
  • 述懐 【ジュッカイ】 speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.), relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.), recollection, reminiscence
  • 追懐 【ツイカイ】 recollection, remembrance, reminiscence

Kun reading compounds

  • 懐 【ふところ】 inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono), bosom, (breast) pocket, space between one's chest and outstretched arms, (one's) reach, heart (e.g. of a mountain), bosom (e.g. of nature), depths, inner part, mind, heart, inner thoughts, money (one is carrying), purse, pocketbook
  • 懐刀 【ふところがたな】 dagger, stiletto, confidant, right-hand man
  • 苦しい懐 【くるしいふところ】 tight budget
  • 谷懐 【たにぶところ】 valley in a deep mountain
  • 懐かしい 【なつかしい】 dear (old), fondly-remembered, beloved, missed, nostalgic
  • 懐かしむ 【なつかしむ】 to yearn for (someone, something), to miss
  • 懐く 【なつく】 to become attached (to), to take (to), to become affectionate (with), to be tamed, to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally), to become intimate (with)
  • 懐ける 【なつける】 to win over, to win another's heart
  • 抱く 【いだく】 to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug, to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
  • 思う 【おもう】 to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to recall, to remember

Readings

Japanese names:
かね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huai2
Korean:
hoe

Spanish

  • añoranza
  • nostalgia
  • bolsillo propio
  • añorar
  • echar de menos
  • pensar

Portuguese

  • bolso
  • sentimentos
  • coração
  • saudades
  • sentir saudades
  • torna-se ligado a
  • seio
  • peitos

French

  • poche
  • bourse
  • sentiments
  • coeur
  • apprivoiser
  • nostalgie
  • aspirer à
  • s'attacher à
  • manquer (personne)
  • seins
1067 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1736 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1782 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1188 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1326 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2605 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1408 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1497 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1463 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
832 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
942 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
528 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
689 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
836 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11351 Morohashi
763 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2003 New Nelson (John Haig)
828 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
891 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1831 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1165 2001 Kanji
4k13.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
9403.2 Four corner code
1-18-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
61d0 Unicode hex code