苏 - Dong Chinese dictionary

sū

revive

Simplified form of 蘇. Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 穌 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

办 Simplified component

bàn

manage

Shorthand for the 穌 component in the traditional character 蘇.

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

苏 (蘇)

sū

revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'; Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration

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 (囌)

sū

see 囉囌|啰苏[luōsū]

苏 (甦)

sū

variant of 蘇|苏[sū]

苏 (蘓)

sū

old variant of 蘇|苏[sū]

Most common words with 苏

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	苏	place name
	苏联	Soviet Union, 1922-1991
	苏格兰	Scotland
	江苏	Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇\|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
	苏州	Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu