苏sū
to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations. 7 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin sūStrokes 7Radical 艹Band HSK 6Words 1
What 苏 is made of
艹 (cǎo, grass) and 办 (bàn, to set up).
艹 carries the meaning — plant — and 稣 carries the sound.
How to write 苏
Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–7 write 办.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 苏
Words that use 苏
| 复苏 | to revive, recover 指恢复生机和活力 万物复苏，金黄落叶静静浮在清澈水面。As spring returned, all things revived. Lesson 578, 春回生辉 · 笃行固本与筑基致远 · Solid Roots & High-Tech Aspirations |
More characters with the radical 艹
All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.