Chinese Character 素 Meanings and components.

Form

素

Meaning

素 meaning[3] in English

Raw Silk.

White.

Plain, Unadorned.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 素 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are component in Chinese … (龶) , and fine silk (糸)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with QMVIF

How to write 素

To write素su4raw silk you should write a combination of 龶龶5component in … , 糸mi4fine silk arranged in a 吕 shape:

龶 + 糸 = 素

素 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 素 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 素, looks as follow:

素
Pinyin:su4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Raw Silk . White . Plain, Unadorned . Vegetarian (Food) . Essence . Nature . Element . Constituent . Usually . Always . Ever
龶
Pinyin:龶5
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters, Occurring In 青, 毒, 素 Etc . See Also 青字頭|青字头[Qing1 Zi4 Tou2]
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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