Entry
  1. Noun

    birth; lineage; parentage; origin

    ぜんぜん素性の分からない人間を軽々しく信用してはならぬ。
    Don't trust a man whose past you know nothing about.
  2. identity; background; history; past

  3. provenance; origin

Also written 素姓【すじょう】種姓【すじょう】素生【すじょう】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elementary, principle, naked, uncovered

Kun
もと
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
660 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-4-6SKIP code
6a4.12The Kanji Dictionary
5090.3Four corner code
1441deroo
7d20Unicode hex code
1-33-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3511Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4456New Nelson (John Haig)
2458New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3108Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1532Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1652Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
717A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1707Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
797Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27300Morohashi
737A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
271Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
658sakade
1623Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
759henshall3
716Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
500crowley
636Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1506Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1546Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
su4Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sex, gender, nature

Kun
さが
On
セイショウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
104 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-5, 1-1-7SKIP code
4k5.4The Kanji Dictionary
9501.0Four corner code
1172deroo
6027Unicode hex code
1-32-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1666Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1822New Nelson (John Haig)
299New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
357Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1558Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
199A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
564Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
280Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10478Morohashi
723A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
98Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
645sakade
535Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745henshall3
690Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
119crowley
421Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
811Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1572Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xing4Pinyin reading
seongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level