# 素 — Element

Frequency rank 370 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 百 (Hundred), less common than 室 (Room).

- On’yomi: そ、す
- Kun’yomi: もと
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

A rib cage on top frames thread below — the bare rib cage with thread running through it represents the raw element of structure, stripped to its essence.

In words:

- 素 もと — prime
- 素人 しろうと — amateur,novice
- 素直 すなお — obedient,meek,docile,unaffected

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