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蘇
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苏
🇨🇳

revive

HSK 10
Human →Actions
sū
ソ、ス
よみがえ.る
소
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 穌 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (蘇)
艹 grass (top)+ 穌 rise again =
蘇 revive
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
穌 Phonetic component
rise again
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Simplified (苏)
艹 grass (top)+ 办 handle =
苏 revive
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
办 Simplified component
bàn handle
manage, do, handle
Shorthand for the 穌 component in the traditional character 蘇.
Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蘇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
苏 / 蘇 [Sū]
surname Su; abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联; abbr. for Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; abbr. for Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州
苏 / 蘇 [sū]
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration
Japanese
酥 、 蘇 そ 同音
noun historical so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan)
蘇 (rare) ソ 、 そ 同音
noun abbrev.usually kana Soviet Union
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
蘇 いける
Ikeru surname
蘇 す
Su surname
蘇 そ
So surname
蘇 そう
Sou surname
蘇 そほう
Sohou unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (141)
苏联 [Sū​lián] #4,202
Soviet Union, 1922-1991
苏格兰 [Sū​gé​lán] #3,168
Scotland
江苏 [Jiāng​sū] #2,808
Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
苏州 [Sū​zhōu] #60,566
Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu
苏打 [sū​dá] #6,116
soda (loanword)
复苏 [fù​sū] #8,079
variant of 復甦|复苏[fù​sū]
江苏省 [Jiāng​sū​Shěng] #5,972
Jiangsu Province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏[Sū], capital Nanjing 南京[Nán​jīng]
苏珊 [Sū​shān] #6,310
Susan (name)
苏丹 [Sū​dān] #10,894
Sudan
苏菲 [Sū​fēi] #8,370
Sophie (name)
131 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (50)
⭐ 蘇る [よみがえる] #4,344
to be resurrected
蘇生 [そせい] #11,043
revival
⭐ 更生 [こうせい] #18,650
rehabilitation
⭐ ソ連 [ソれん] #26,557
Soviet Union
酥 [そ] #29,551
so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan)
蘇芳 [すおう] #62,929
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
耶蘇 [やそ] #69,504
Jesus (Christ)
耶蘇教 [やそきょう] #90,350
Christianity
紫蘇 [しそ] #95,861
shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa)
日ソ [にっソ] #106,688
Japan and the Soviet Union
40 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
소련 #27,405
Soviet Union
소철
cycad; fern palm