苏

sū

abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]

surname Su; abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]; abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1]; Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive; used as phonetic in transliteration; old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]

grass (艹) + sound hint (办) = reviving herb

The grass radical (艹) anchors the botanical meaning — perilla, a fragrant herb. 办 functions mainly as a phonetic approximation; the plant sense comes entirely from the top component.

艹+办→苏
办To handlePhonetic
艹GrassSemantic

他姓苏,是我们班上的同学。

tā xìng sū , shì wǒ men bān shàng de tóng xué 。

His surname is Su; he is a classmate in our class.

她的老家在苏州,那里风景很美。

tā de lǎo jiā zài sū zhōu , nà lǐ fēng jǐng hěn měi 。

Her hometown is in Suzhou; the scenery there is very beautiful.

Words with 苏

苏拉威西

sū lā wēi xī

Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)

苏辙

sū zhé

Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]

苏克雷

sū kè léi

Sucre, constitutional capital of Bolivia

阿克苏

ā kè sū

see 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1]

中华苏维埃共和国

zhōng huá sū wéi āi gòng hé guó

Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1937)

苏门答腊岛

sū mén dá là dǎo

Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)

苏门达腊

sū mén dá là

variant of 蘇門答臘|苏门答腊[Su1 men2 da2 la4]

苏非主义

sū fēi zhǔ yì

Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)

苏黎世

sū lí shì

Zurich, Switzerland

阿克苏地区

ā kè sū dì qū

Aksu, prefecture in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

阿克苏市

ā kè sū shì

Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city in Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang

阿克苏河

ā kè sū hé

Aksu River in Xinjiang

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