苏 sū to awaken
to awaken; to revive; to resurrect; used in transliterations
怎么记住“苏”: 艹 grass + 办 manage = to awaken. After a dry summer, the gardener waters the brown grass and starts to manage the sprinklers, helping it to awaken.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
originally 艸 + 穌
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
苏 = 艹 grass + 办 manage
- 艹 grass meaning
- 办 manage shape only
- 力 power
- 八 eight
After a dry summer, the gardener waters the brown grass and starts to manage the sprinklers, helping it to awaken.
How it came to be
Grass gives the meaning; the sound part below is written short in the simplified form, as in quick cursive writing.
用法
- "To revive / come to": 苏醒 (sūxǐng) to regain consciousness, 复苏 (fùsū) to recover/revive (经济复苏 economic recovery).
- Heavily used as a place/transliteration syllable: 江苏 (Jiāngsū) Jiangsu, 苏联 (Sūlián) the Soviet Union, 苏格兰 (Sūgélán) Scotland.