苏格 (Sūgé): Sugé (transliteration element)

Meanings

1 Sugé (transliteration element)
2 primarily the first half of 苏格兰 (Scotland) and 苏格拉底 (Socrates); also a personal name in transliteration

Characters

苏

sū

revive / Suzhou (transliteration char)

格

gé

pattern / square (transliteration char)

Examples

苏格兰是英国的一部分。

Sūgélán shì Yīngguó de yī bùfèn.

Scotland is part of the United Kingdom.

苏格拉底是古希腊哲学家。

Sūgélādǐ shì gǔ Xīlà zhéxuéjiā.

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher.

Tips

usage

苏格 most often appears as the start of two famous transliterations: 苏格兰 (Scotland — 苏格 ≈ 'Scot', 兰 ≈ '-land') and 苏格拉底 (Socrates — 苏格 ≈ 'Socr-'). On its own, 苏格 is rare, but it does occur as a Tibetan/foreign personal-name element. The characters 苏 (revive) and 格 (pattern) carry no semantic load here.