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Kanji Detail for 蘇 - "perilla, revive, awaken"
蘇
- Meaning
蘇 means "perilla, revive, awaken."
Perilla - An herb plant (shiso) used in cooking.
Revive - To come back to life; to recover.
Awaken - To wake up; to become conscious.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
be resuscitated; revived; perilla; shiso
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Su; abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]; abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]; abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
紫蘇 (perilla). A plant name. Leaves are round and pointed. Both top and bottom are purple. Flowers are small. Light red in color. Fruit is like mustard. Stems, leaves, and fruit are all used medicinally. Those with green stems and leaves and white flowers are separately called 白蘇 (white perilla). The fragrance is strong. Used exclusively as a spice. | Coming back to life after death is called 蘇. Also written as 甦. Commonly waking from sleep is also called 蘇醒. All who are relieved from hardship are called 蘇. The Book of Documents says "Later they became very revived." This is the meaning. | Gathering grass is called 蘇. Such as saying 樵蘇 (gathering firewood and grass). | A place name. Abbreviation for Jiangsu. | A country name. Abbreviation for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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