苏醒

sū xǐng · HSK 7

to awaken

⏰ 苏 revive + 醒 wake/sober-up = come back to consciousness

苏 means to revive; 醒 (酉 wine-jar + 星 star) is to sober up or wake. Together: the slow return from sleep, fainting, or being knocked out. Sounds like soo-shing.

醒 — wine/alcohol 酉 + star 星 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 酉 depicts a wine jar and gives the meaning 'related to alcohol' — originally 'to sober up from drunkenness.' The right side 星 (xīng) supplies the sound. The meaning later broadened to 'wake up' and 'become aware.'

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