姑苏 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gū, gu father's sister

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 古 represents the sound.

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

古 Sound component

gǔ old

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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菇

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ku	kˤa	father's sister

說文解字

《說文》：“姑，夫母也。从女，古聲。”

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)

sū revive Simplified

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

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

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

sū revive Traditional

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

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

穌 Sound Meaning component

revive

Character Evolution

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囌

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	su	s-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)

姑 gū, gu father's sister

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Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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苏 sū revive Simplified

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蘇 sū revive Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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gū, gu father's sister

sū revive Simplified

sū revive Traditional