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苏

sū

Traditional: 蘇

Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration

Very Common (1%)

Character Breakdown

苏
sū
to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
HSK 6

Alternate Dictionary Entries

苏
sū
see [[囉囌|啰苏<luōsū>]]
苏
sū
variant of [[蘇|苏<sū>]] / to revive
苏
Sū
surname Su / abbr. for Soviet Union [[蘇維埃|苏维埃]] or [[蘇聯|苏联]] / abbr. for Jiangsu province [[江蘇|江苏]] / abbr. for Suzhou city [[蘇州|苏州]]
Noun
苏
sū
old variant of [[蘇|苏<sū>]]

Additional Information

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
HSK Word Level
—
Character Frequency
589
Word Frequency
948