Keyword
to revive
- to awaken
- to resurrect
- used in transliterations
- Frequency
- #614
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
艹 (plant) gives the meaning and 稣 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
苏联
Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟 (Sūwéi'āiShèhuìzhǔyìGònghéguóLiánméng)
苏
to revive; Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; used as phonetic in transliteration
苏维埃
Soviet (council)
苏丹
Sudan
江苏省
Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing 南京市 (NánjīngShì) (short name 苏 (Sū))
苏格兰
Scotland
复苏
to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis
苏菲
(name) Sophie; Sufi (Islamic mystic)
苏共
Soviet Communist Party; abbr. for 苏联共产党 (SūliánGòngchǎndǎng)
苏醒
to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness
苏黎世
Zurich, Switzerland
苏打
(loanword) soda; (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink
苏俄
Soviet Russia
苏珊
Susan (name)
苏州市
Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省 (JiāngsūShěng)
密苏里州
Missouri
苏木
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine; administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
苏格拉底
Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher; José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
苏美尔
Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East
明尼苏达
Minnesota, USA
苏伊士运河
Suez Canal
苏轼
Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 苏东坡 (SūDōngpō), Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三苏 (SānSū) and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家 (TángSòngBāDàjiā)
苏门答腊
Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
苏莱曼
Suleiman (name); General Michel Suleiman (1948-), Lebanese military man and politician, president of Lebanon 2008-2014