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素 - sù

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

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

How to read 素

Click 素 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishwhite (silk); plain; vegetarian; formerly; normally
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

素人 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 素来. Please read 素常 one more time.

Common words with this character

untrained, inexperienced person; layman; amateur; ordinary person; non-celebrity
consistently; always
ordinarily; usually
white hand; empty-handed

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 素 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 素人 and 素来 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 素.