懂中文 Dong Chinese

苏

sū

revive

Simplified form of 蘇. Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 穌 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

办 simplified component

办  Simplified component

bàn

  

manage

Shorthand for the 穌 component in the traditional character 蘇.

Evolution

苏 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
苏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
苏 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
苏 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
苏 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

苏 (蘇) 

sū

revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'; Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration

苏 (蘇) 

Sū

surname Su; abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联; abbr. for Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; abbr. for Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州

苏 (囌) 

sū

see 囉囌|啰苏[luō​sū]

苏 (甦) 

sū

variant of 蘇|苏[sū]

苏 (蘓) 

sū

old variant of 蘇|苏[sū]

Most common words with 苏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

苏

place name

苏联

Soviet Union, 1922-1991

苏格兰

Scotland

江苏

Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京

苏州

Suzhou prefecture level city in Jiangsu