苏澳
Sū'ào

Suao

苏 sū revive Simplified

Simplified form of 蘇. Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 穌 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

办
办 Simplified component
bàn manage

Shorthand for the 穌 component in the traditional character 蘇.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

澳 ào, aò, yù inlet

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 奧 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

奧
奧 Sound component
mysterious

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'awHʔˤuk-s bay, cove

說文解字

《說文》：“澳，隈厓也。其內曰澳，其外曰隈。从水，奧聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蘇 sū revive Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 穌 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

穌
穌 SoundMeaning component
revive

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

囌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsus-ŋˤa revive

說文解字

《說文》：“蘇，桂荏也。从艸，穌聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)