蘇木

Chinese

Etymology 1

		(plant); place name; revive (plant); place name; revive; Soviet	tree; wood
trad. (蘇木)		蘇	木
simp. (苏木)		苏	木

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sūmù

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄇㄨˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so͘-bo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sūmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sumù
  - Wade–Giles: su¹-mu⁴
  - Yale: sū-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sumuh
  - Palladius: суму (sumu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: soo-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: so'bok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔk̚⁴/

Noun

蘇木

short for 蘇枋木／苏枋木 (sūfāngmù, “sappanwood (Biancaea sappan, syn. Caesalpinia sappan)”)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (蘇木)		蘇	木
simp. (苏木)		苏	木

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu), calqued from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru). Doublet of 牛彔 (niúlù).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sūmù

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄇㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sūmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sumù
  - Wade–Giles: su¹-mu⁴
  - Yale: sū-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sumuh
  - Palladius: суму (sumu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/

Noun

蘇木

sum (level of administrative division in Mongolia, Russia and China)

Derived terms

民族蘇木 / 民族苏木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蘇	木
そ Jinmeiyō	ぼく Grade: 1
kan'on

Noun

蘇(そ)木(ぼく) • (soboku)

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried heartwood of Biancaea sappan

See also

蘇芳(スオウ) (suō)