稣 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

sū

revive

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 鱼 represents the sound. Simplified form of 穌.

Components

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

鱼 Sound component

yú fish

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 魚 represents the sound.

魚 Sound component

yú fish

Change in sound

穌 and 魚 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
穌 *s.ŋˤa
魚 *[r.ŋ]a

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

Regular Modern

▼ More ▲ Less

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	su	s.ŋˤa	gather into sheaves (Shuōwén)

《說文》：“穌，把取禾若也。从禾，魚聲。”