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蘇

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1068, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32427
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1534, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3327, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8607

Bailang

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sja-n. Compare Burmese သား (sa:, “meat”), Tibetan ཤ (sha, “flesh”).

Noun

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蘇 (*sa)

  1. meat

References

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  • Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

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trad. 蘇
simp. 苏*
alternative forms 蘓／苏
穌／稣
⿱艹⿰𩵋禾

Glyph origin

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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 / 形声, OC *sŋaː): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 穌 (OC *sŋaː).

Etymology

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Cantonese "socket"
Borrowed from English socket.

Pronunciation

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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
Baxter su
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/suo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/suo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/so/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɔ/
Li
Rong 		/so/
Wang
Li 		/su/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/suo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sou1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蘇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sū
Middle
Chinese 		‹ su ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ŋˁa/
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

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蘇

  1. perilla (Perilla frutescens)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) firewood
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reap grass
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to take; to get
  5. tassel
  6. (Cantonese) socket
  7. Short for 江蘇／江苏 (Jiāngsū, “Jiangsu Province”).
  8. Short for 蘇州／苏州 (Sūzhōu, “Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province”).
    Used in transcription.
    蘇丹／苏丹  ―  Sūdān  ―  Sudan
    蘇里南／苏里南  ―  Sūlǐnán  ―  Suriname
    蘇格蘭／苏格兰  ―  Sūgélán  ―  Scotland
    阿克蘇姆／阿克苏姆  ―  Ākèsūmǔ  ―  Aksum
    蘇黎世／苏黎世  ―  Sūlíshì  ―  Zürich
    蘇豪／苏豪  ―  Sūháo  ―  Soho
    蘇卡諾／苏卡诺  ―  Sūkǎnuò  ―  Sukarno
    蘇菲派／苏菲派  ―  Sūfēipài  ―  Sufism
    蘇打／苏打  ―  sūdǎ  ―  soda
    蘇沙號／苏沙号  ―  Sūshāhào  ―  sousaphone
    1. Short for 蘇維埃／苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi, “soviet”).
    2. Short for 蘇聯／苏联 (Sūlián, “Soviet Union”).
      蘇僑／苏侨  ―  Sū qiáo  ―  Soviet national residing in another country
    美蘇冷戰／美苏冷战  ―  Měi-Sū lěngzhàn  ―  the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union
  9. Short for 蘇格蘭／苏格兰 (Sūgélán, “Scotland”).
  10. Alternative form of 甦 / 苏 (sū, “to revive; to regain consciousness”)
  11. a surname, Su, So, or Soh
    蘇軾／苏轼  ―  Sū Shì  ―  Su Shi (Song dynasty writer)

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (蘇):
  • → Japanese: 蘇(そ) (so)

Others:

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Kanji

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蘇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. be resurrected, revived
  2. perilla, shiso
  3. kanji used to transliterate borrowings from foreign languages
  4. Soviet Union

Readings

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  • Go-on: す (su)
  • Kan-on: そ (so)
  • Kun: よみがえる (yomigaeru, 蘇る)←よみがへる (yomigaferu, 蘇る, historical)
  • Nanori: いき (iki)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
蘇
そ
Jinmeiyō
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 蘇 (MC su).

Used in Old Japanese as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨so1⟩

Pronunciation

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Noun

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蘇(そ) • (so) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 酥 (so): condensed milk

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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蘇(そ) • (So) 

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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蘇 • (so) (hangeul 소)

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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蘇: Hán Nôm readings: tô, to, su, tua

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