| 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 |
suddenly, immediately, in a hurry, arrange, stay in place, bow, kowtow
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頓 【トミ】 sudden, abrupt, unexpected, stupid, foolish, attaining enlightenment in one effort (without ascetic practices, etc.)
- 頓狂 【トンキョウ】 wild, freakish, madcap, crazy, hysterical
- 整理整頓 【セイリセイトン】 keeping things tidy and in order
- 停頓 【テイトン】 deadlock, standstill, stalemate, set-back, abeyance
Kun reading compounds
- 頓と 【とんと】 completely, not at all
- 頓に 【とみに】 suddenly, all at once, rapidly
Readings
- Korean:
- don, dun
Spanish
- de pronto
- de repente
- de una vez
- preparar
- arreglar
- ordenar
- recoger
- bajar la cabeza
Portuguese
French
| 5121 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2115 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2122 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1320 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 957 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 43381 | Morohashi |
| 6623 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2788 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1610 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 9a4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 5178.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9813 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1425 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 狂 【キョウ】 (some type of) enthusiast, someone possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
- 狂気 【キョウキ】 madness, insanity
- 酔狂 【スイキョウ】 whim, caprice, vagary, eccentricity
- 躁狂 【ソウキョウ】 frenzy, delirium, wild excitement, mania
Kun reading compounds
- 狂う 【くるう】 to go mad, to lose one's mind, to go crazy, to go insane, to get out of order, to go amiss, to malfunction, to become imprecise, to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.), to fall through, to get mixed up, to go crazy (over someone or something), to get enthusiastic, to go wild
- 狂おしい 【くるおしい】 mad (with grief, love, etc.), crazy, out of one's mind, on the verge of insanity
- 狂おしい 【くるおしい】 mad (with grief, love, etc.), crazy, out of one's mind, on the verge of insanity
Readings
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- locura
- desorden
- enloquecer
- loco
- demente
Portuguese
- lunático
- louco
- insano
- confundir
French
- fou
- aliéné
- insensé
- confusion
| 1161 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1352 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2872 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 972 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1523 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 366 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 883 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 904 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1513 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1300 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 318 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 202 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 241 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 266 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20287 | Morohashi |
| 269 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3562 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 260 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 277 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1141 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2972 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3g4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4121.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72c2 | Unicode hex code |