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

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: 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

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

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).

Etymology

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Cantonese "socket"
Borrowed from English socket.

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
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

蘇

  1. perilla (Perilla frutescens)
  2. † firewood
  3. † to reap grass
  4. † 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”).
  9. Short for 蘇維埃／苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi, “soviet”).
  10. 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 Soviet Union
  11. Short for 蘇格蘭／苏格兰 (Sūgélán, “Scotland”).
  12. Alternative form of 甦／苏 (sū, “to revive; to regain consciousness”).
  13. a surname
    蘇軾／苏轼  ―  Sū Shì  ―  Su Shi (Song dynasty writer)

Compounds
Derived terms from 蘇

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

Others:

Japanese

Kanji
蘇

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
蘇
そ
Jinmeiyō
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 蘇 (MC suo).

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

Pronunciation

Noun

蘇(そ) • (so) 

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

Derived terms
  • 蘇(そ)蜜(みつ) (somitsu)
  • 蘇油(そゆ) (soyu)

Proper noun

蘇(そ) • (So) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

蘇 • (so) (hangeul 소)

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Pai-lang

Etymology

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

Noun

蘇 (*sa)

  1. meat

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

Vietnamese

Han character

蘇: Hán Nôm readings: tô, to, su, tua

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