素
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Translingual
Han character
素 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手一女戈火 (QMVIF), four-corner 50903, composition ⿱龶糸)
References
- KangXi: page 918, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27300
- Dae Jaweon: page 1348, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3368, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7D20
Chinese
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Glyph origin
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (素) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pictogram (象形) – hands 廾 braiding thread 糸.
In modern form, top component looks like 生 without the diagonal stroke – compare 責, 青.
Etymology
Probably cognate with Burmese စက်စက် (cakcak, “sparkling, glistening, freshly”). Compare with Burmese သား (sa:) (as in ရိုးသား (rui:sa:, “simple, honest”) and သားနား (sa:na:, “grand”)).
Pronunciation
Definitions
素
- † white silk
- † silk or paper used for writing
- white
- plain
- vegetarian (food)
- original; unprocessed
- usually; always; all along
- element
- (mathematics) prime
Compounds
Derived terms from 素
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References
- “素”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Readings
Compounds
- 生長素 (seichōso, “auxin”)
- 素馨 (sokei, “Spanish jasmine”)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 素 (MC suoH). Recorded as Middle Korean 소 (swo) (Yale: swo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Pronunciation
- (element; basis):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰo̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [소]
- (plain; white):
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰo̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
References
- Trần (1999).
- Trần (2004).
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