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Chinese symbol for “sultan”

苏丹
sū dān
Traditional: 蘇丹
(loanword) sultan

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sultan is 苏丹 (sū dān), defined as: (loanword) sultan.

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Characters and stroke order

苏 sū
to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
radical 140 ⾋ · 8 strokes
丹 dān
cinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder
radical 3 ⼂ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 苏丹.

WordPinyinMeaning
复苏 (復甦)fù sūto recover (health, economic); to resuscitate
苏醒 (甦醒)sū xǐngto come to; to awaken
苏打 (蘇打)sū dá(loanword) soda; (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink
苏木 (蘇木)sū mùsappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine; administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow
牡丹mǔ dantree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
灵丹妙药 (靈丹妙藥)líng dān miào yàoeffective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea
丹凤 (丹鳳)dān fèngred phoenix
炼丹 (煉丹)liàn dānto concoct pills of immortality

See also: Japanese symbol for “sultan”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.