| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1316 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 揚力 【ヨウリョク】 dynamic lift, lifting power
- 揚音 【ヨウオン】 acute (accent, etc.)
- 高揚 【コウヨウ】 elevation (of spirits), raising (of morale), uplift, upsurge
- 掲揚 【ケイヨウ】 hoisting (e.g. a flag), raising, flying, putting up
Kun reading compounds
- 上げる 【あげる】 to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...
- 上がる 【あがる】 to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop (of rain), to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to be complete, to finish, above, north of
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あがり
- Korean:
- yang
Spanish
- levantar
- alzar
- izar
- freír
Portuguese
- levantar
- fritar em gordura funda
French
- hisser
- frire
| 1876 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1116 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1966 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1401 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1369 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1551 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 631 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 641 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1481 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 917 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 722 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 433 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 542 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 671 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12355 | Morohashi |
| 593 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2236 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 664 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 717 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1542 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1351 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 5602.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63da | Unicode hex code |