昭苏 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zhāo, zhào bright

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.

Components

日 Meaning component

rì sun

召 Sound component

zhào summon

Character Evolution

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

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Component uses

Sound (1)

照

Meaning (1)

照

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyew	taw	bright

說文解字

《說文》：“昭，日明也。从日，召聲。”

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

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Regular Modern

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Component uses

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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)

昭 zhāo, zhào bright

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Character Evolution

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Sound (1)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

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

Sources

zhāo, zhào bright

sū revive Simplified

sū revive Traditional