甦

甦 · sū

be reborn; resuscitate, revive

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
sū
Cantonese
sou1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

be reborn; resuscitate, revive

Dictionary definitions & readings

甦 sū · variant of 蘇 sū; to revive

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42578.030:sū Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1094.092:sū Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
349.180:sū Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ソ よみがえる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
소:0N Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MKHQM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1550.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0755.150 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7526
Radical
生 · 100
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7335

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
甦
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
908.601
kDaeJaweon
1165.130
kFennIndex
474.01
kHanYu
42578.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1165.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42578.030
kIRGKangXi
0755.150
kKangXi
0755.150
kKarlgren
316
kLau
2866
kMatthews
5487
kMorohashi
21691 21691:E0102
kNelson
0066 0068
kSMSZD2003Index
437.02
kCangjie
MKHQM
kFenn
834E
kFourCornerCode
1550.1
kHKGlyph
2605
kMojiJoho
MJ017625 MJ017625:E0102 MJ017626:E0103
kPhonetic
1130
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
ATJHKP
kIRG_GSource
GKX-0755.15
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B564
kIRG_JSource
J0-6134
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E3AE
kIRG_KSource
K0-6141
kIRG_TSource
T1-606A
kRSUnicode
100.7
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
B564
kCCCII
214B7B
kCNS1986
1-606A
kCNS1992
1-606A
kEACC
214B7B
kJis0
6520
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3936
kTGH
2013:7335
kTaiwanTelegraph
3936
kXerox
266:137
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5707+100.5.7 V+20283+100.5.7
kCantonese
sou1
kDefinition
be reborn; resuscitate, revive
kHangul
소:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42578.030:sū
kJapanese
ソ よみがえる
kJapaneseKun
YOMIGAERU
kJapaneseOn
SO
kKorean
SO
kMandarin
sū
kTGHZ2013
349.180:sū
kXHC1983
1094.092:sū
kSemanticVariant
U+7A4C<kLau,kMatthews

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 甦0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

Shape description
更 wraps around 生 from the lower left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿺更生$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺更生$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.