甦

See also: 更生 and 苏

甦 U+7526, 甦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7526 ← 甥 [U+7525] CJK Unified Ideographs 甧 → [U+7527]

Translingual

Han character

甦 (Kangxi radical 100, 生+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一大竹手一 (MKHQM), four-corner 1550₁, composition ⿺更生)

References

• KangXi: page 755, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21691
• Dae Jaweon: page 1165, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2578, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7526

Chinese

trad.		甦/蘇
simp.		苏*
alternative forms		穌／稣 蘓／苏 𤯳

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意): from 更生 (“to be reborn”).

Etymology

From *s- (“causative prefix”) + a root **ŋˤa, the latter found in 寤 (OC *ŋˤa-s, “to awake”), 悟 (OC *ŋˤa-s, “to awake; to realize”) (Baxter and Sagart, 2014; Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, Zhang, Jacques, and Lai (2019) compare it to Japhug sŋa (“to come to oneself”), Cogtse Situ [Term?] (kə-mə-sŋâr, “to feel cold”), Brag-bar Situ [Term?] (kə-mə-sŋiɛ̂r, “to come to oneself”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sū (su¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ

  (Chengdu, SP): su¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sou¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): su¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): si¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): su¹
• Min Bei (KCR): sú
• Min Dong (BUC): sŭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sou¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): ¹su
• Xiang (Wiktionary): sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: su
    • Wade–Giles: su¹
    • Yale: sū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: su
    • Palladius: су (su)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: su¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: su¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: su¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /su¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
    • Tâi-lô: soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ¹su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sv̩ʷ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /suo/

Rime
Character	甦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	素姑切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suo/
Pan Wuyun	/suo/
Shao Rongfen	/so/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔ/
Li Rong	/so/
Wang Li	/su/
Bernard Karlgren	/suo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ŋˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	甦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sū
Middle Chinese	‹ su ›
Old Chinese	/*s-ŋˁa/
English	revive
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	甦
Reading #	1/1
Phonetic component
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蘇
Old Chinese	/*sŋaː/

Definitions

甦

1. (literary) to revive; to resuscitate; to regain consciousness

Synonyms

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• 回生 (huíshēng)
• 殅 (shēng) (literary)

• 翻生 (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Bei, Teochew)
• 復活／复活 (fùhuó)

• 復生／复生 (fùshēng)
• 閣活／阁活 (Min Nan)

Compounds

• 復甦／复苏 (fùsū)
• 復甦期／复苏期

• 心肺復甦／心肺复苏 (xīnfèi fùsū)
• 心肺復甦術／心肺复苏术 (xīnfèi fùsūshù)

• 死而復甦／死而复苏
• 甦醒／苏醒 (sūxǐng)

Japanese

Kanji

甦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そ (so)
• Kun: よみがえる (yomigaeru, 甦る)^{←よみがへる (yomigaferu, historical)}
• Nanori: やす (yasu)

Korean

Hanja

甦 (eum 소 (so))

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Vietnamese

Han character

甦: Hán Nôm readings: tô

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References

• Nom Foundation