The economy is picking up.
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苏
Traditional: 囌 · 甦 · 蘇 · 蘓
sū
sū · sou1 (Jyutping)
- used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1 su1]
- variant of 蘇|苏[su1]
- to revive
- abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]
- abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1]
- abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1]
- Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
- place name
- used as phonetic in transliteration
- old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]
- surname Su
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Character breakdown
苏
- Meaning
- revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿱艹办
- Cangjie
- TKSC
- Four-corner
- 4433
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Example sentences
The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed.
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