Taxonomy of meanings for 蘇:　　

  • 蘇 sū (OC: sɡlaa MC: suo) 素姑切 平 廣韻：【紫蘇草也蘇木也滿也俁也又姓出扶風武邑二望素姑切四 】
    • PLANTS
      • CUT
        • vt[oN]cut firewood or grass
      • FIREWOOD
        • nSJ: small firewood
      • GATHER
        • v[adN]N=humangatherers of firewoodCH
      • LIQUOR
        • nBUDDH: ?? weak wine based on milk products (such as horse milk; there are two varieties, 生蘇 and 熱蘇; in Buddhist texts sometimes also described as a kind of medicine); skr. ghṛta
      • RESURRECTION
        • vichangecome to life again, be resurrected; be reborn, be born again
        • vifigurativecome to again
      • REST
        • RESCUE
          • WAKE UP
            • viprocesscome to; wake upCH
          • TAIL
            • HANG
              • STATES
                • SCATTER
                    (疏)
                  • TOWARDS
                      (傃)
                    • SOFT
                        (酥)
                      • PROVINCES (江蘇)
                      • PLACE NAMES
                          (蘇州)
                        • MONEY
                            (sou)
                          • SOVIET
                          • AIRPLANES (Sukhoi)
                          • SURNAMES
                          • sūBIRTH
                            • sūRISE
                              • virise up againCH

                            Additional information about 蘇

                            說文解字: 【蘇】，桂荏也。 〔小徐本作「桂蘇荏也」。〕 从艸、穌聲。 【素孤切】 〔小徐本此字次於「艽」字之後。〕