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

Speed

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

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

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1233 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 泊 【ハク】 counter for nights of a stay, overnight stay, lodging
  • 泊地 【ハクチ】 anchorage, berth
  • 漂泊 【ヒョウハク】 roaming, drifting about, wandering, drifting (with the current, on the tide, etc.)
  • 無断外泊 【ムダンガイハク】 staying out overnight without giving notice, spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave)

Kun reading compounds

  • 泊まる 【とまる】 to stay at (e.g. hotel), to be docked, to be berthed, to be moored
  • 泊める 【とめる】 to give shelter to, to lodge, to put up, to accommodate

Readings

Japanese names:
とまり、 はつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo2, po4
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • detenerse
  • alojarse
  • simple
  • sencillo
  • pasar la noche
  • hospedar
  • alojar

Portuguese

  • durante a noite
  • propor
  • navegar ancorado
  • estadia de 3 dias

French

  • passer la nuit
  • loger
  • séjour
  • être au mouillage
1696 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1242 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2527 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1016 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
675 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
592 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
1177 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1235 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
207 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1178 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
389 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
246 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
293 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
149 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17275 Morohashi
331 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3099 New Nelson (John Haig)
147 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
158 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1203 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
378 2001 Kanji
3a5.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3610.0 Four corner code
1-39-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cca Unicode hex code