苏轼

Traditional form:

蘇軾

Pinyin (reading):

Sū Shì

Definitions:

• Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡／苏东坡 ( Sū Dōngpō), Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇／三苏 ( Sān Sū) and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家 ( Táng Sòng Bā Dàjiā)

Characters:

• 苏 - to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
• 轼 - carriage crossbar

Traditional characters:

• 蘇 - to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations
• 軾 - carriage crossbar