蘇

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

• 囌, 𥗹, 𦣑, 𡚡, 𠫋, 𡚢, 𫰅

• 苏 (Simplified Chinese)

• 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

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

蘇 (*sa)

1. meat

• 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

Historical forms of the character 蘇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Cantonese "socket"

Borrowed from English socket.

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)

Others:

• → English: Su, So, Sou, Soh, Soo
• → Tagalog: So (via Hokkien)

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

• 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)

From Middle Chinese 蘇 (MC su).

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

• (Tokyo) そ​ [sóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [so̞]

蘇(そ) • (so) 

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

• 蘇(そ)蜜(みつ) (somitsu)
• 蘇油(そゆ) (soyu)

蘇(そ) • (So) 

1. a surname

蘇 • (so) (hangeul 소)

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蘇: Hán Nôm readings: tô, to, su, tua

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