Chinese surname

蘇苏

The Chinese surname 蘇 (Mandarin sū, Cantonese sou1) is spelled Soh, Saw, Su, Soo in Malaysia, depending on the dialect romanization.

Mandarin (pinyin)	sū
Cantonese (Jyutping)	sou1
Simplified	苏
Definition (Unihan)	revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'

Spelling tree of 蘇

蘇 is spelled 4 ways in our records. Each label is the romanization a spelling follows, not the bearer’s dialect.

Spelling	Romanization
Soh	Hokkien · Teochew
Saw	Hokkien
Su	Mandarin
Soo	Hokkien · Cantonese · Hakka +1

All surname characters and spellings

Spellings of 蘇 in Malaysia

SohSpelling common in Hokkien, Teochew romanization
SawSpelling common in Hokkien romanization
SuSpelling common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization
SooSpelling common in Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka romanization

Character readings and definition: Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how the name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.