肅 - Dong Chinese dictionary

sù

pay respects

Original meaning:

to tremble with fear

Depicts a hand holding a bamboo stick (聿) walking on the edge of an abyss (𣶒). Based on the original meaning "to tremble with fear". The meaning later shifted to "solemn" and "pay respects".

Components

聿 Iconic Remnant component

yù

writing brush

Used here to depict a hand holding a bamboo stick.

𣶒 Iconic component

yuān

deep pool

Depicts a deep pool filled with water.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

肃 (肅)

sù

pay respects; reverently; respectful; solemn; to eliminate; to clean up

肃 (肅)

Sù

surname Su

Most common words with 肅

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	严肃	solemn
	肃静	silence
	甘肃	Gansu province, abbr. 甘[Gān], short name 隴\|陇[Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州\|兰州[Lánzhōu]
	甘肃省	Gansu Province, abbr. 甘[Gān], short name 隴\|陇[Lǒng], capital Lanzhou 蘭州\|兰州[Lánzhōu]
	肃	solemn

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

蕭

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

嘯繡簫驌鏽鷫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*siwk	sjuwk	sù	solemn, severe
*siwk	sjuwk	sù	contract (v.); shrivel
*siwk	sjuwk	sù	present (v.)
*siwk	sjuwk	sù	beat (v.)
*siwk	sjuwk	sù	eager; swift