raw silk, white, plain

Depicts raw silk () hanging from a rack.

Components
◎ iconic component

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characterless component

Depicts a rack.

糸 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

silk

Depicts raw silk.

Evolution

素 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
素 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
素 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
素 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

white (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally; raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever

Most common words with 素
Freq.
Word
Meaning

因素

element

white

素质

inner quality

元素

element

维生素

vitamin

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

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