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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

How to write 苏

Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–7 write 办.

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Stroke order chart for 苏 — 7 strokes, radical 艹

Write 苏 on the grid

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 · the stroke-order rules

What 苏 is made of

艹 (cǎo, grass) and 办 (bàn, to set up).

艹 carries the meaning — plant — and 稣 carries the sound.

Words that use 苏

复(fù)苏(sū) 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.

菜cài茶chá草cǎo节jié花huā蓝lán药yào英yīng苹píng营yíng苦kǔ范fàn艺yì落luò蕉jiāo薄báo获huò著zhù荣róng葡pú萄tao蔬shū藏cáng茄qié蒙méng若ruò薯shǔ菌jūn薪xīn