蘇

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: 蘓 and 苏
蘇 U+8607, 蘇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8607
← 蘆
[U+8606] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蘈 →
[U+8608]

Translingual

[edit]

Han character

[edit]

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

Derived characters

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  • 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

Bailang

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Noun

[edit]

蘇 (*sa)

  1. meat

References

[edit]
  • Hill, Nathan W. (2017) “Songs of the Bailang: A New Transcription with Etymological Commentary”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎[1], volume 103, pages 386—429

Chinese

[edit]
trad. 蘇
simp. 苏*
alternative forms 蘓／苏
穌／稣
⿱艹⿰𩵋禾

Glyph origin

[edit]
Historical forms of the character 蘇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (魚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蘇 *sŋaː
穌 *sŋaː
魚 *ŋa
漁 *ŋa
䱷 *ŋa

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

Etymology

[edit]

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

Cantonese "socket"
Borrowed from English socket.

Pronunciation

[edit]
Rime
Character 蘇
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 素姑切
Baxter su
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/suo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/suo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/so/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɔ/
Li
Rong 		/so/
Wang
Li 		/su/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/suo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sou1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蘇
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sū
Middle
Chinese 		‹ su ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ŋˁa/
English revive

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蘇
Reading # 1/1
No. 15937
Phonetic
component 		魚
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		蘇
Old
Chinese 		/*sŋaː/

Definitions

[edit]

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”).
    Used in transcription.
    蘇丹／苏丹  ―  Sūdān  ―  Sudan
    蘇里南／苏里南  ―  Sūlǐnán  ―  Suriname
    蘇格蘭／苏格兰  ―  Sūgélán  ―  Scotland
    阿克蘇姆／阿克苏姆  ―  Ākèsūmǔ  ―  Aksum
    蘇黎世／苏黎世  ―  Sūlíshì  ―  Zürich
    蘇豪／苏豪  ―  Sūháo  ―  Soho
    蘇卡諾／苏卡诺  ―  Sūkǎnuò  ―  Sukarno
    蘇菲派／苏菲派  ―  Sūfēipài  ―  Sufism
    蘇打／苏打  ―  sūdǎ  ―  soda
    蘇沙號／苏沙号  ―  Sūshāhào  ―  sousaphone
    1. Short for 蘇維埃／苏维埃 (sūwéi'āi, “soviet”).
    2. 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 the Soviet Union
  9. Short for 蘇格蘭／苏格兰 (Sūgélán, “Scotland”).
  10. Alternative form of 甦／苏 (sū, “to revive; to regain consciousness”)
  11. a surname: Su, So, Soh
    蘇軾／苏轼  ―  Sū Shì  ―  Su Shi (Song dynasty writer)

Compounds

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
Sino-Xenic (蘇):
  • → Japanese: 蘇(そ) (so)

Others:

Japanese

[edit]

Kanji

[edit]
蘇

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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

Readings

[edit]

Compounds

[edit]
Compounds

Etymology

[edit]
Kanji in this term
蘇
そ
Jinmeiyō
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 蘇 (MC su).

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

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

蘇(そ) • (so) 

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

Derived terms

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

蘇(そ) • (So) 

  1. a surname

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

[edit]

Hanja

[edit]

蘇 • (so) (hangeul 소)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

[edit]

Han character

[edit]

蘇: Hán Nôm readings: tô, to, su, tua

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=蘇&oldid=82318770"