苏
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #507 U+82CF
How 苏 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 稣 (phonetic, sū)
How to remember it
revive · Heisig RSH #745
flower + sweat
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 苏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿克苏地区 | Ā kè sū Dì qū | Aksu, prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 w… |
| 苏台德地区 | Sū tái dé Dì qū | Sudetenland |
| 马苏里拉 | mǎ sū lǐ lā | (loanword) mozzarella |
| 苏州大学 | Sū zhōu Dà xué | Suzhou or Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC since 1986) |
| 阿克苏市 | Ā kè sū Shì | Aksu, a county-level city in Aksu Prefecture 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang |
| 苏花公路 | Sū huā Gōng lù | Suhua Highway, coastal road in northern Taiwan, built on the side of cliffs above the Paci… |
| 阿克苏河 | Ā kè sū Hé | Aksu River in Xinjiang |
| 苏里南河 | Sū lǐ nán Hé | Suriname River |
| 苏打水 | sū dá shuǐ | soda water; carbonated water |
| 马苏德 | Mǎ sū dé | Massoud (name); Ahmed Shah Massoud (1953-2001), Tajik Afghan engineer, military man and an… |
| 小苏打 | xiǎo sū dá | baking soda; sodium bicarbonate; Taiwan pr. [xiao3su1da3] |
| 阿苏山 | Ā sū Shān | Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan |
| 乌苏里斯克 | Wū sū lǐ sī kè | Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region; previous names include 雙城子|双城子[Shuang1… |
| 苏利南 | Sū lì nán | Suriname, NE of South America (Tw) |
| 苏州市 | Sū zhōu Shì | Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3] |
| 阿克苏 | Ā kè sū | see 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1]; see 阿克蘇市|阿克苏市[A1 ke4 su1 Shi4]; see 阿克蘇河|阿克苏河[A1 ke4 … |
| 苏里南 | Sū lǐ nán | Suriname |
| 明尼苏达州 | Míng ní sū dá zhōu | Minnesota |
| 苏美尔 | Sū měi ěr | Sumer (Šumer), one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East |
| 苏宁电器 | Sū níng diàn qì | Suning Appliance (PRC electrical retailer) |