蘇 (sou1 | su1) : perilla; tassel; Soviet; a surname

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蘇

sou1

su1

[1] perilla, white or purple
[2] tassel; fringe
[3] short for Soviet Union
[4] short for Jiangsu province or Suzhou
[5] a Chinese family name

苏 is the simplified form for both 蘇 and 甦.

Stroke count: 20

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蘇 / 苏

This word has been viewed 11455 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Feb 2014 00:55

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蘇蝦仔 sou1 haa1 zai2 = child 粵

蘇格蘭 sou1 gaak3 laan4 su1 ge2 lan2 = Scotland

蘇聯 sou1 lyun4 su1 lian2 = Soviet Union

蘇州 sou1 zau1 su1 zhou1 = Suzhou

插蘇 caap3 sou1 = electrical socket; electrical plug 粵

蘇丹 sou1 daan1 su1 dan1 = Sudan; sultan

經濟復蘇 ging1 zai3 fuk6 sou1 jing1 ji4 fu4 su1 = economic recovery

蘇打粉 sou1 daa2 fan2 = baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)

蘇眉 sou1 mei4 = hump-headed wrasse

蘇蝦 sou1 haa1 = baby 粵
See all 56 compounds (CantoDict reports 59 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 蘇
Unicode code for this character: U+8607 (off-site link)

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