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

13 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed
Kun:
はだか
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1796 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 裸体 【ラタイ】 naked body, nudity
  • 裸眼 【ラガン】 bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.), uncorrected vision, unaided vision
  • 全裸 【ゼンラ】 stark naked, completely naked, nude
  • 赤裸 【セキラ】 stark naked, nude, bare, unvarnished (e.g. truth), plain (e.g. fact), frank, candid, outspoken

Kun reading compounds

  • 裸 【はだか】 nakedness, nudity, bareness, nakedness, baldness, being uncovered, being penniless, concealing nothing, openness
  • 裸一貫 【はだかいっかん】 having nothing except one's body, having empty pockets, being penniless
  • 丸裸 【まるはだか】 being stark-naked, having no possessions, losing all one's belongings
  • 赤裸 【あかはだか】 stark naked, nude, bare, stripped of all belongings, penniless, naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo3
Korean:
ra, ya

Spanish

  • desnudo
  • descubierto

Portuguese

  • descoberto
  • nu
  • parcialmente vestido

French

  • nudité
  • nu
  • découvert
  • partiellement habillé
1886 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1709 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1229 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1730 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1536 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1638 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1305 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1635 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1550 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
819 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1133 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34371 Morohashi
1211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5475 New Nelson (John Haig)
1124 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1205 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1662 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
664 2001 Kanji
5e8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-8 SKIP code
3629.4 Four corner code
1-45-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88f8 Unicode hex code