蘇

See also: 蘓 and 苏
蘇 U+8607, 蘇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8607
← 蘆
[U+8606] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蘈 →
[U+8608]

Translingual

Han character

蘇 (radical 140, 艸+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓火木 (TNFD), four-corner 44394, composition ⿱艹穌)

Derived characters

  • 囌, 𦣑, 𥗹, 𡚡, 𠫋, 𡚢, 𫰅

References

  • KangXi: page 1068, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32427
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1534, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3327, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8607

Chinese

trad. 蘇
simp. 苏*
alt. forms 蘓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蘇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (魚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘇 *sŋaː
穌 *sŋaː
魚 *ŋa
漁 *ŋa
䱷 *ŋa

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sŋaː) : semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 穌 (OC *sŋaː).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蘇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 素姑切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /suo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /suo/
Shao
Rongfen		 /so/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sɔ/
Li
Rong		 /so/
Wang
Li		 /su/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /suo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 sū
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蘇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 sū
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ su ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s-ŋˤa/
English revive

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蘇
Reading # 1/1
No. 15937
Phonetic
component		 魚
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 蘇
Old
Chinese		 /*sŋaː/

Definitions

蘇

  1. perilla (Perilla frutescens)
  2. † firewood
  3. † to reap grass
  4. † to take; to get
  5. tassel
  6. Short for 江蘇／江苏 (Jiāngsū, “Jiangsu Province”).
  7. Short for 蘇州／苏州 (Sūzhōu, “Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province”).
  8. Short for 蘇維埃／苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi, “soviet”).
  9. Short for 蘇聯／苏联 (Sūlián, “Soviet Union”).
  10. Short for 蘇格蘭／苏格兰 (Sūgélán, “Scotland”).
  11. Alternative form of 甦／苏 (sū, “to revive; to regain consciousness”).
  12. A surname​.

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: So (via Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji

蘇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

蘇 • (so) (hangeul 소)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蘇 (tô, to, su, tua)

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