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Kanji Detail for 蘇 - "perilla, revive"

蘇

  • Meaning

    蘇 means "perilla, revive." Also associated with awaken.

    1. Perilla - An herb plant (shiso) used in cooking.

    2. Revive - To come back to life; to recover.

    3. Awaken - To wake up; to become conscious.

  • Four-character idioms with 蘇

    • 屠蘇機嫌 とそきげん Listen feeling a little drunk with the New Year's sake

  • Tattoo check: 蘇

    • Verified meaning: perilla, revive
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いける, す, そ, そう)
    • Also carries these associations: awaken

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 蘇

    Surnames 蘇(いける)Listen 蘇(す)Listen 蘇(そ)Listen 蘇(そう)Listen 蘇(そほう)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    so(ソ) ソ

    su(ス) ス

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yomigae.ru(よみがえ-る) よみがえ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    19 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    perilla revive awaken cut grass ornament wake up resurrect recover restore regenerate renew rejuvenate resuscitate reanimate reinvigorate rekindle herb shiso plant

Sentences including 蘇

  • Mt. Aso is an active volcano.

  • I'm going to attempt CPR.

  • I climbed Mt. Aso.

  • The strange feeling came back.

  • He was PK'ed, I resurrected him.

  • I've climbed Mt. Aso.

  • Have you ever climbed Mt. Aso?

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