plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); usually

HSK 5 #661

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 661st character
Radical ⽷ (120.4)
Strokes 10
Index # 1775

Definitions

素 sù
  1. 1. plain, unadorned
  2. 2. vegetarian (food)
  3. 3. usually
  4. 4. always
  5. 5. nature
  6. 6. essence
  7. 7. element
  8. 8. constituent
  9. 9. white
  10. 10. ever
  11. 11. raw silk

Stroke order

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Words containing 素

Word Meaning
anthocyanin (biochemistry)
anthocyanidin (biochemistry)
benzathine benzylpenicillin (aka benzathine penicillin G)
Lycopene
Lycopene
to eat a vegetarian diet
chlorophyll
lutein (biochemistry)
lutein (biochemistry)
GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company
GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company
staphylococcal enterotoxin
staphylococcal enterotoxin
meat and vegetable
meat and vegetable
ricin
snake toxin
ovo-lacto vegetarian
albumin
lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
lecithin (phospholipid found in egg yolk)
hemaglutinin (the H of virus such as bird flu H5N1)
serotonin
serotonin
serotonin