甦

See also: 更生 and 苏

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 Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

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

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

From *s- (“causative prefix”) + 悟 (OC *ŋaːs, “to awake”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sū (su¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): sŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sou¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹su

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹su
    • MiniDict: su^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su⁵³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 甦

1. to revive; to resuscitate; to regain consciousness

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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, 甦る, historical)}

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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