蘇

See also: 蘓 and 苏

蘇 U+8607, 蘇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8607 ← 蘆 [U+8606] CJK Unified Ideographs 蘈 → [U+8608]

Translingual

Han character

蘇 (radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓火木 (TNFD), four-corner 4439₄, composition ⿱艹穌)

Derived characters

• 囌, 𦣑, 𥗹, 𡚡, 𠫋, 𡚢, 𫰅

Related characters

• 苏 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 1068, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32427
• Dae Jaweon: page 1534, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3327, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8607

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Chinese

trad.		蘇
simp.		苏*
variant forms		蘓 穌／稣 鯂 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蘇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (魚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
蘇	*sŋaː
穌	*sŋaː
魚	*ŋa
漁	*ŋa
䱷	*ŋa

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sŋaː): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 穌 (OC *sŋaː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sū (su¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû
• Min Dong (BUC): sŭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sou¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): su (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: su¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: su
    • IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹
    • IPA: /su²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭ
    • 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
    • IPA ^(key): /sou³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: su (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /sv̩ʷ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /suo/▼

Rime
Character	蘇
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-ŋˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蘇
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	蘇
Reading #	1/1
No.	15937
Phonetic component	魚
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蘇
Old Chinese	/*sŋaː/

Definitions

蘇

1. perilla (Perilla frutescens)
2. ^† firewood
3. ^† to reap grass
4. ^† to take; to get
5. tassel
6. Short for 江蘇／江苏 (Jiāngsū, “Jiangsu Province”).
7. Short for 蘇州／苏州 (Sūzhōu, “Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province”).
8. Short for 蘇維埃／苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi, “soviet”).
9. Short for 蘇聯／苏联 (Sūlián, “Soviet Union”).
10. Short for 蘇格蘭／苏格兰 (Sūgélán, “Scotland”).
11. Alternative form of 甦／苏 (sū, “to revive; to regain consciousness”).
12. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 蘇

• 三蘇／三苏
• 二蘇／二苏
• 來蘇／来苏
• 來蘇水／来苏水
• 大蘇打／大苏打
• 姑蘇／姑苏 (Gūsū)
• 密蘇里州／密苏里州
• 密蘇里河／密苏里河
• 小蘇／小苏
• 小蘇打／小苏打
• 屠蘇／屠苏
• 屠蘇酒／屠苏酒
• 山有扶蘇／山有扶苏
• 山蘇／山苏
• 復蘇／复苏
• 樵蘇／樵苏
• 樵蘇不爨／樵苏不爨
• 流蘇／流苏 (liúsū)
• 流蘇帳／流苏帐
• 流蘇髻／流苏髻
• 滴羞都蘇／滴羞都苏
• 滴蘇／滴苏
• 烏蘇里江／乌苏里江 (Wūsūlǐ Jiāng)
• 白古蘇花／白古苏花
• 白蘇／白苏
• 答剌蘇／答剌苏

• 紫蘇／紫苏 (zǐsū)
• 累塊積蘇／累块积苏
• 蘇丹／苏丹 (sūdān)
• 蘇伊士／苏伊士 (Sūyīshì)
• 蘇俄／苏俄 (Sū'é)
• 蘇公隄／苏公堤
• 蘇利南／苏利南 (Sūlìnán)
• 蘇劇／苏剧
• 蘇區／苏区 (sūqū)
• 蘇合香／苏合香 (sūhéxiāng)
• 蘇子油／苏子油
• 蘇家壋／苏家垱 (Sūjiādàng)
• 蘇小妹／苏小妹
• 蘇州／苏州 (Sūzhōu)
• 蘇州彈詞／苏州弹词
• 蘇州片／苏州片
• 蘇州評彈／苏州评弹
• 蘇必略湖／苏必略湖
• 蘇息／苏息
• 蘇打／苏打 (sūdá)
• 蘇打餅乾／苏打饼干
• 蘇拉／苏拉 (sūlā)
• 蘇拉威西／苏拉威西 (Sūlāwēixī)
• 蘇木／苏木 (sūmù)
• 蘇格蘭／苏格兰 (Sūgélán)
• 蘇梗／苏梗 (sūgěng)

• 蘇武牧羊／苏武牧羊
• 蘇海韓潮／苏海韩潮
• 蘇澳／苏澳
• 蘇爾奈／苏尔奈
• 蘇瓦／苏瓦 (Sūwǎ)
• 蘇生／苏生
• 蘇白／苏白
• 蘇秦刺股／苏秦刺股
• 蘇維埃／苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi)
• 蘇繡／苏绣
• 蘇美人／苏美人
• 蘇聯／苏联 (Sūlián)
• 蘇花公路／苏花公路
• 蘇菜／苏菜 (sūcài)
• 蘇蘇／苏苏
• 蘇醒／苏醒
• 蘇里南／苏里南 (Sūlǐnán)
• 蘇鐵／苏铁 (sūtiě)
• 蘇門答臘／苏门答腊 (Sūméndálà)
• 蘇門長嘯／苏门长啸
• 蘇隄／苏堤
• 蘇頭／苏头
• 蘇黎士／苏黎士
• 阿克蘇／阿克苏 (Ākèsū)
• 阿蘇山／阿苏山
• 韓海蘇潮／韩海苏潮

Descendants

• → Tagalog: So (via Hokkien)

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Japanese

Kanji

蘇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. be resurrected, revived
2. perilla, shiso
3. kanji used to transliterate borrowings from foreign languages

Readings

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

Compounds

Compounds

• 蘇 (そ)す (sosu)
• 蘇 (ス)芳 (オウ), 蘇 (ス)方 (オウ), 蘇 (ス)芳 (オウ) (suō)
• 蘇 (そ)我 (が) (Soga)
• 蘇回 (そかい) (sokai)
• 蘇 (そ)活 (かつ) (sokatsu)
• 蘇 (そ)香 (こう), 蘇 (そ)合 (こう) (sokō)
• 蘇 (そ)合 (ごう)香 (こう) (sogōkō)
• 蘇 (そ)摩 (ま)那 (な)華 (け) (somanake)
• 蘇 (そ)志 (し)摩 (ま)利 (り) (Soshimari)}
• 蘇 (そ)尸 (し)茂 (も)利 (り) (Soshimori)
• 蘇 (そ)州 (しゅう) (Soshū)
• 蘇 (そ)生 (せい) (sosei)
• 蘇 (そ)息 (そく) (sosoku)
• 蘇 (そ)張 (ちょう) (sochō)
• 蘇 (ソ)鉄 (テツ) (sotetsu)
• 蘇 (そ)洞 (と)門 (も) (Sotomo)
• 蘇維埃 (ソビエト) (Sobieto)
• 蘇 (そ)莫 (まく)者 (しゃ) (Somakusha)
• 蘇 (そ)民 (み)書 (かく)札 (だ) (somikakuda)
• 蘇 (そ)民 (みん)祭 (さい) (Sominsai)
• 蘇 (そ)民 (みん)将来 (しょうらい) (Somin-shōrai)
• 蘇 (そ)摩 (ま) (soma), 蘇 (ソー)摩 (マ) (sōma)
• 蘇 (そ)迷 (めい)盧 (ろ) (Someiro)
• 蘇 (そ)葉 (よう) (soyō)
• 蘇 (そ)陽 (よう)峡 (きょう) (Soyōkyō)
• 蘇 (そ)利 (り)古 (こ) (Soriko)
• 蘇 (ソ)連 (れん) (Soren)
• 蘇 (そ)婆 (わ)訶 (か) (sowaka)
• 阿 (あ)蘇 (そ) (Aso)
• 烏蘇里 (ウスリー) (Usurī)
• 老蘇 (おいその)森 (もり) (Oiso no Mori)
• 韓 (かん)柳 (りゅう)欧 (おう)蘇 (そ) (Kanryūōso)
• 苦 (クッ)蘇 (ソ) (kusso)
• 江 (こう)蘇 (そ) (Kōso)
• 古 (こ)鳥 (とり)蘇 (そ) (Kotoriso)
• 採 (さ)蘇 (そ)羅 (ら) (sasora)
• 三 (さん)蘇 (そ) (Sanso)
• 紫 (シ)蘇 (ソ) (shiso)
• 樵 (しょう)蘇 (そ) (shōso)
• 新 (しん)鳥 (とり)蘇 (そ) (Shintoriso)
• 屠 (と)蘇 (そ) (toso), 屠 (とう)蘇 (そ) (tōso)
• 納 (な)蘇 (そ)利 (り) (Nasori)
• 比 (ひ)蘇 (そ)寺 (でら) (Hisodera)
• 耶 (や)蘇 (そ) (Yaso)
• 蘇素 (スエズ), 蘇士 (スエズ) (Suezu)
• 蘇格蘭 (スコットランド) (Sukottorando)
• 蘇丹 (スーダン) (Sūdan)
• 蘇 (ソ)門 (モ)答 (タ)剌 (ラ) (Somotara)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蘇
そ Jinmeiyō
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 蘇 (MC suo).

Used in Old Japanese as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨so₁⟩

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) そ​ [sóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [so̞]

Noun

蘇 (hiragana そ, rōmaji so)

1. Alternative spelling of 酥 (so): condensed milk

Derived terms

• 蘇 (そ)蜜 (みつ) (somitsu)
• 蘇 (そ)油 (ゆ) (soyu)

Proper noun

蘇 (hiragana そ, rōmaji So)

1. a surname

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Korean

Hanja

蘇 • (so) (hangeul 소)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蘇 (tô, to, su, tua)

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