sū
revive
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 魚 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 穌
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
Jesus | ||
to revive | ||
The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) | ||
Protestantism |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.ŋˤa | su | sū | gather into sheaves (Shuōwén) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 8.3774% of movies
1690th most common character in movies
2292nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7A4C |
Shuowen | “穌，把取禾若也。从禾，魚聲。” |
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