| 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】 white silk, prime, principle
- 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 N1
1916 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絹布 【ケンプ】 silk, silk cloth
- 絹糸 【キヌイト】 silk thread, silk yarn, corn silk
- 生絹 【キギヌ】 raw silk (fabric)
- 正絹 【ショウケン】 pure silk
Kun reading compounds
- 絹 【きぬ】 silk
- 絹糸 【きぬいと】 silk thread, silk yarn, corn silk
- 白絹 【しらぎぬ】 white silk
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeon
Spanish
- seda
Portuguese
- seda
French
- soie
| 772 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 861 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 664 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1010 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3543 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 658 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1632 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2330 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1261 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1333 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 880 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1538 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1721 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 920 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1243 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1380 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27470 | Morohashi |
| 1361 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4499 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1368 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1468 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 957 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2746 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-7 | SKIP code |
| 2692.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d79 | Unicode hex code |