苏

See also: 蘇, 甦, and 囌

苏 U+82CF, 苏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82CF ← 苎 [U+82CE] CJK Unified Ideographs 苐 → [U+82D0]

Translingual

Han character

苏 (radical 140, 艸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿大尸金 (TKSC), four-corner 4433₀, composition ⿱艹办)

Derived characters

• 𮢈

Related characters

• 蘇 (Traditional form)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1022, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3185, character 7
• Unihan data for U+82CF

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 蘇 (穌 → 办) via the cursive script.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 苏 – see 蘇 (“perilla; firewood; etc.”). (This character, 苏, is the simplified form of 蘇.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 苏 – see 甦 (“to revive; to resuscitate; to regain consciousness”). (This character, 苏, is the simplified form of 甦.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 苏 – see 囌. (This character, 苏, is the simplified form of 囌.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.