懂中文 Dong Chinese

肃

sù

pay respects

Original meaning: 

to tremble with fear

Simplified form of 肅. Depicts a hand holding a bamboo stick (聿) walking on the edge of an abyss (𣶒). Based on the original meaning "to tremble with fear". The meaning later shifted to "solemn" and "pay respects".

Components
聿 iconic,remnant component

聿  Iconic Remnant component

yù

  

writing brush

Used here to depict a hand holding a bamboo stick.

𣶒 iconic,simplified component

𣶒  Iconic Simplified component

yuān

  

deep pool

Depicts a deep pool filled with water.

Evolution

肃 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
肃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
肃 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
肃 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

肃 (肅) 

sù

pay respects; reverently; respectful; solemn; to eliminate; to clean up

肃 (肅) 

Sù

surname Su

Most common words with 肃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

严肃

solemn

肃静

silence

甘肃

Gansu province, abbr. 甘[Gān], short name 隴|陇[Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lán​zhōu]

甘肃省

Gansu Province, abbr. 甘[Gān], short name 隴|陇[Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lán​zhōu]

肃

solemn

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

萧

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

啸 箫 骕 鹔