苏

sū

HSK 63 readings

“To revive” in Chinese is 苏 (sū).

Other characters with the syllable su: see all 10 →

Meaning

to revive
abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]
abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]

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abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1]
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
place name
used as phonetic in transliteration
used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1 su1]
variant of 蘇|苏[su1]
surname Su
old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]

Example

经济在复苏之中。

The economy is picking up.

From 复苏 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

sùvariant of 素 (plain) (archaic)
sūused in 嚕囌|噜苏 / variant of 蘇|苏 / to revive / surname Su / abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联 / abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 / abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州 / Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / used as phonetic in transliteration / old variant of 蘇|苏

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 苏

复苏fùsūto recover (health, economic)HSK 6 苏醒sūxǐngto come toHSK 7-9

More HSK 6 characters

挨áiin order; in sequenceHSK 6 傲àoproudHSK 6 罢bàto stopHSK 6 榜bǎngnotice or announcementHSK 6 傍bàngnearHSK 6 胞bāoplacentaHSK 6 暴bàosuddenHSK 6 爆bàoto explode; to burstHSK 6 奔bènto hurryHSK 6 逼bīto compelHSK 6

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