蘇

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 16
Total Strokes: 19
Simplified Form: 苏

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sū
Cantonese: sou1
JapaneseKun: YOMIGAERU
JapaneseOn: SO SU
Korean: SO
Vietnamese: to

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'

CE-Dict: Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)/place name/to revive/used as phonetic in transliteration

Soothill: Refreshing thyme; revive, cheer; Suzhou; translit. su (सु), so (सो), sa (स), s (स्). Most frequently it translit. the Sanskait su (सु), which means good, well excellent, very. Cf. 須, 修.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.purple perilla
2.to come back to life; to revive; to resurrect
3.to awake
4.to rest
5.short for Soviet Russia
6.short for Kiangsu Province or Soochow
7.a Chinese family name

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: revive

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》蘇桂荏也。从艸穌聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】蘇
【唐韻】素姑切【集韻】【正韻】孫租切，𠀤音酥。【說文】桂荏也。【本草】紫蘇。【註】蘇，从穌，舒暢也。蘇性舒暢，行氣和血，故謂之蘇。蘇乃荏類，而味辛如桂，故《爾雅》謂之桂荏。　又【揚子·方言】蘇，芥草也，江淮南楚之閒曰蘇。　又木名。【詩·鄭風】山有扶蘇。【傳】扶蘇，扶胥，小木也。　又流蘇。【西京雜記】昭陽殿壁帶往往爲黃金釭，皆銜五色流蘇。【司馬相如·上林賦】【註】蘇，析羽也。　又息也。【書·仲虺之誥】后來其蘇。　又死更生。【戰國策】勃然乃蘇。　又取也。【屈原·離騷】蘇糞壤以充幃兮。【綱目集覽】取草曰蘇。　又【韻會】蘇蘇，氣索貌。【易·震卦】震蘇蘇。【註】恐懼不安之貌。【王註】躁動貌。　又臺名。【吳語】高高下下，以罷民于姑蘇。【註】姑蘇，臺也。　又亭名。【後漢·郡國志】襄國有蘇人亭。　又國名。【魏志·東夷傳】諸國各有別色，名之爲蘇塗。　又姓。【書·立政】司𡨥蘇公。【傳】忿生爲武王司𡨥，封蘇國。　又【集韻】山於切，音疋。詩扶蘇之蘇，徐邈讀疋。　又【字彙補】蘇故切，音傃。【荀子·議兵篇】蘇刃者死。【註】蘇讀作傃，謂相向格鬭者。

CF-Dict: reprendre connaissance/abréviation de Suzhou/soviétique

Han-De-Dict: auferstehen, beleben (u.E.)/Su (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)