Element

On’yomi: そ、す
Kun’yomi: もと
Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)

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

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

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 primeN3

素人しろうと amateur,noviceN2

素直すなお obedient,meek,docile,unaffectedN2

素 is rank 370 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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