蘇

1. Botanical: Perilla (//Perilla frutescens//), an aromatic herb used for medicinal and culinary purposes.

2. Physiological: To revive, awaken, or recover consciousness from a state of fainting or near-death.

3. Abstract: To restore or resurrect something that has declined or been lost, such as a tradition, rite, or state.

• Noun: The plant itself.
• Verb: Functions both transitively (to revive someone/something) and intransitively (to awaken or come back to life).

Contrast with 穌: While both can refer to "awakening," 穌 typically denotes waking from sleep or a stupor, whereas 蘇 often implies medicinal recovery, restoration, or resurrection from a more critical state.

// Tang-period reading: //so

• Simplified variant: 苏 (U+82CF)