素

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sù
Cantonese: sou3
JapaneseKun: SHIROGINU KIJI MOTO
JapaneseOn: SO SU
Korean: SO
Vietnamese: tố

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: white (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally

CE-Dict: raw silk/white/plain, unadorned/vegetarian (food)/essence/nature/element/constituent/usually/always/ever

Soothill: Original colour or state; plain, white; heretofore, usual; translit. su (सु).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.uncolored (clothes, etc.)
2.plain; not fancy; not elaborate
3.containing no meat or egg product

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: element; native; plain; usually; white
【建】 chart

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: element; native; plain; usually; white

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Amoxcillin

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《素部》素白緻繒也。从糸、𠂹，取其澤也。凡素之屬皆从素。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】素
【廣韻】桑故切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】蘇故切，𠀤音訴。【說文】作𦃃，白緻繒也。从糸𠂹，取其澤也。【九經字㨾】隷省作素。【小爾雅】縞之麤者曰素。【釋名】素，朴素也。已織則供用，不復加巧飾也。【急就篇註】素謂緝之精白者。【禮·雜記】純以素。【註】素，生帛也。　又【易·履卦】素履往旡咎。【疏】處履之始而用質素。　又【詩·齊風】充耳以素乎而。【傳】素，象瑱。　又【詩·魏風】不素餐兮。【傳】素，空也。　又【禮·檀弓】有哀素之心也。【註】凡物無飾曰素。又【禮器】或素或靑。【註】素，尙白。　又【左傳·僖二十八年】其衆素飽。【疏】素訓爲直。　又【楚語】夫謀必素。【註】素，猶豫也。　又【博雅】素，本也。　又姓。【姓氏急就篇】後魏有幷州刺史素延。　又【禮·中庸】素隱行怪。【註】素讀爲傃，猶鄕也。○按《朱子·中庸章句》，素，按《漢書》當作索，蓋字之誤也。　又與傃通。【戰國策】竭智能，示情素。【註】素、傃通，誠也。　又與嗉通。【史記·天官書】張素爲㕑，主觴客。【註】索隱曰：素，嗉也。　又【韻補】叶孫租切。【古詩】新人工織縑，故人工織素。織縑日一匹，織素五丈餘。○按《說文》𦃃自爲部，今倂入。𦃚，同。又𦅪。
考證：〔【詩·鄭風】充耳以素乎而。〕　謹照原書鄭風改齊風。〔【韻補】叶孫租切。【古書】新人工織縑，故人工織素。〕　謹照韻補原文古書改古詩。

Buddhism words and phrases simple, unadorned. Purity, simplicity

CF-Dict: jamais/toujours/ blanc/simple/végétarien/maigre

Han-De-Dict: Element (u.E.) (S)/Gemüse (u.E.) (S, Ess)/einfach, schlicht, schmucklos (u.E.) (Adj)/einfarbig (u.E.) (Adj)/vegetarisch (u.E.) (Adj, Ess)/Su (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)