1. 苏
  2. 醒

苏

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  • 590th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 65 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
苏→
艹办
2Radical
苏→
艹grass力power/force八eight/divide
3Graphical
苏→
艹㇆丿八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sū (su1)see 囉囌|啰苏[luo1 su1]
2. sū (su1)variant of 蘇|苏[su1] • to revive
3. sū (Su1)surname Su • abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联 • abbr. for Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏 • abbr. for Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州
4. sū (su1)Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) • place name • to revive • used as phonetic in transliteration

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

苏 (囌)
江苏 (江蘇)
苏醒 (甦醒)
苏州 (蘇州)
苏格兰 (蘇格蘭)

Medium Frequency

复苏 (復甦)
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
江苏省 (江蘇省)
流苏 (流蘇)
紫苏 (紫蘇)
苏丹 (蘇丹)
苏州市 (蘇州市)
苏州河 (蘇州河)
苏打 (蘇打)
苏打水 (蘇打水)
苏打粉 (蘇打粉)
苏杭 (蘇杭)
苏东坡 (蘇東坡)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
苏珊 (蘇珊)
苏联 (蘇聯)
苏菲 (蘇菲)
苏轼 (蘇軾)
苏黎世 (蘇黎世)
阿克苏 (阿克蘇)
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醒

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Previous (窗)Next (妻)
  • 1073rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
醒→
酉星
2Radical
醒→
酉wine/alcohol日sun/day生life
3Graphical
醒→
一丿乚口一口一龶㇒

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xǐng (xing3)to wake up • to awaken • to be awake

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 醒 xǐng (xing3)The component 星 is pronounced as 'xīng' (xing1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

醒 

Medium Frequency

叫醒 
吵醒 
提醒 
清醒 
睡醒 
醒来 (醒來)
惊醒 (驚醒)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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