surname Su; abbr. for Jiangsu province jiāng sū

HSK 6 #590

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 590th character
Radical ⾋ (140.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 677
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

苏 sū
  1. 1. surname Su
  2. 2. abbr. for Jiangsu province jiāng sū
  3. 3. abbr. for Suzhou city sū zhōu
  4. 4. to revive
  5. 5. abbr. for Soviet Union sū wéi āi or sū lián
  6. 6. place name
  7. 7. Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
  8. 8. used as phonetic in transliteration
  9. 9. see luō sū
  10. 10. variant of
  11. 11. old variant of

Stroke order

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Words containing 苏

Word Meaning
soda biscuit; cracker
Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)
Su Yijian (958-997), Northern Song writer and poet
Su Manshu (1884-1918), Chinese writer, journalist, Buddhist monk, participant in the revolutionary movement
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
Suzhou sū zhōu and Hangzhou háng zhōu
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
Scotland Yard
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87)
bonnet
Scottish Fold
Scotch collie; rough collie
Su Buqing (1902-2003), Chinese mathematician
Su Wu, loyal Han envoy to Xiongnu
threonine (Thr), an essential amino acid
Su Xun, Northern Song prose writer
Su'ao town in Yilan county yí lán xiàn, Taiwan
Su'ao town in Yilan county yí lán xiàn, Taiwan
Susan Boyle (1961-), competitor in UK reality TV competition
to revive; to come back to life
old term for Sulawesi or Celebes 西sū lā wēi xī
Su Qin, Warring States political strategist
Soviet Russia (1917-1991)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991